T his book brings together studies on Islamic law as it has been reconceived and applied in the modern world. The essays were delivered at the 2001 symposium, Arab Legal Systems in Transition, sponsored by the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies of Georgetown University Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. The editors wish to acknowledge with gratitude all those who assisted in the coordination of the effort, faculty and staff at the center, the symposium steering committee, panel chairpersons, and external readers of the papers. Special thanks are extended to symposium manager Anne-Marie Chaaraoui; publication managers Stephen Brannon, Jimmy Bishara, and Laila Shereen; publications assistant Nawaal Durrani; graduate research assistants Dorothea Ewing, Paul Prudhomme, and Julie Eadeh; information officer/administrative assistant Ryan Leeson; and the centers proofreader extraordinaire, Nancy Farley.
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