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HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES Law School Dedicates Islamic Law Reference Center
The Law School recently dedicated the Boeing Company Islamic Law Reference Center, located in the Law Library, Langdell Hall. The Center, supported by a major gift from the Boeing Company to the Islamic Legal Studies Program of Harvard Law School, will ultimately contain around 5,000 volumes. It will constitute a noncirculating collection of reference works covering the field of Islamic law, supplementing the existing circulating collection of about one thousand titles that will continue to grow. Within the collections can be found material on Islamic Law in both the classical and modern periods as well as the positive law of jurisdictions where Muslims form a major component of the population. The Law School's Islamic Legal Studies Program, established in 1991, is the precursor of the soon-to-be established Center for Islamic Legal Studies, both of which seek to advance knowledge and understanding of Islamic Law. The Program is dedicated to achieving excellence in the study of Islamic law through objective and comparative methods. It fosters an atmosphere of open inquiry that embraces many perspectives, both Muslim and non-Muslim, and seeks to promote an appreciation of Islamic law as one of the world's major legal systems. The main focus of work at the Center is on Islamic law in the contemporary world. This focus accommodates the many interests and disciplines that contribute to the study of Islamic law, including the study of its major texts and history.
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