IFP Publications

Below is information on the latest publication from the Islamic Finance Project. Please visit the Islamic Finance Project website for information on its other publications.

S. Nazim Ali (ed.), Islamic Finance: Current Legal and Regulatory Issues, Cambridge: Islamic Finance Project, 2005

With an introduction by Clement Henry

The essays in this volume, selected and edited from the Sixth Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance, examine the variety of issues that surround the emergence of this industry. Some look at the risks and moral hazards associated with the new institutions and their distinctive financial instruments. Others address the regulatory challenges of the industry, including Basel II capital adequacy requirements and the treatment of Islamic transactions in Western courts.