Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Glasgow, 1987. / Ph.D. thesis submitted to the Department of Public International Law, Faculty of Law, 1987. Includes bibliographical references. Print version also available.

Thesis (doctoral)--University of al-Imām al-Awzāʻī lil-Dirāsāt al-Islāmīyah, Bayrūt, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 1719-1754) and indexes.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Columbia University, 1910. / Includes index. Reproduction of original from Minnesota University Law Library. "List of authorities": p. xix-xxiv.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 1936. / Bibliography: p. [174]-184.

Inaug.-Diss.--Würzburg.

Thesis (doctoral)--University of al-Imām al-Awzāʻī lil-Dirāsāt al-Islāmīyah, Bayrūt, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 1719-1754) and indexes.

Inaug.-Diss.--Würzburg.

Thèse - Université de Paris.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 1936. / Bibliography: p. [174]-184.

The present thesis attempts a critical examination of the theory of war under Islamic and public international law, in an effort to demonstrate that jihad is a just, defensive, and exceptional form of warfare, geared to the maintenance of peace, and the protection of human rights for all people, whether those rights be exercised alone or in association with others, without distinction as to race, sex, language or religious belief. Through an examination of the norms of Islamic and public international law on armed conflict, this thesis argues that Islamic law, which governs the doctrine of jihad, is realistic and practical. Further, it made a great contribution to international humanitarian law more than a millennium before the codification of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, and eight centuries before the appearance of Hugo Grotius treatise "De jure belli ac pacis libri tres" in 1625. / Furthermore, this comparative study reveals that the word jihad might be one of the most misunderstood terms in the history of Islamic legal discourse. This analysis also claims that the division of the world into dar al-Islam (territory of Islam) and dar al-harb (territory of war), which is not predicated on a state of mutual hostility, was dictated by particular events, and was not imposed by scripture. Moreover, this discussion provides that Islamic humanitarian law regulates conduct during a jihad on the basis of certain humane principles, compatible with those upon which modern international conventions are based. Finally, this thesis concludes that there is a unique relationship between jihad and the notion of just war, a matter which qualifies it as the bellum justum of Islam.