Islamic Finance

by Mahmoud A. El-Gamal

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521864143
• ISBN13: 9780521864145
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.1"