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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780521864145 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
El-Gamal, Mahmoud A., 1963- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Islamic finance : |
| Remainder of title |
law, economics, and practice / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Mahmoud A. El-Gamal. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Cambridge [UK] ; New York : |
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Cambridge University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2006 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvii, 221 p. : |
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ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Originally published: 2006. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-218) and index. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Dates of available copies: 2006, 2009. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
This book provides an overview of the practice of Islamic finance and the historical roots that define its modes of operation. The focus of the book is analytical and forward-looking. It shows that Islamic finance exists mainly as a form of rent-seeking legal-arbitrage. In every aspect of finance - from personal loans to investment banking, and from market structure to corporate governance - Islamic finance aims to replicate in Islamic forms the substantive functions of contemporary financial instruments, markets, and institutions. By attempting to replicate the substance of contemporary financial practice using pre-modern contract forms, Islamic finance has arguably failed to serve the objectives of Islamic law. This book proposes refocusing Islamic finance on substance rather than form. This approach would entail abandoning the paradigm of 'Islamization' of every financial practice. It would also entail reorienting the brand-name of Islamic finance to emphasize issues of community banking, micro-finance, and socially responsible investment. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Banking law (Islamic law) |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Finance |
| General subdivision |
Religious aspects |
| Geographic subdivision |
Islam. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Islam |
| Form subdivision |
Economic aspects |
