The book is a study reference for law students. It starts by examining the philosophy of legitimiza tion and lawmaking in Islam before bringing forth a historical approach regarding legal discussions in Islamic teachings. Another section of the book criticizes and as sesses the theoretical principles of the International Declaration of Human Rights, comparing them to Islamic human rights. On the same note, it has re ferred to such issues as religion, human dignity, freedom of faith and thought, the right to live, natu ral rights, right to security, right to education, right to marriage, women and children’s rights, right to work and ownership, right to political participation as well as humans’ other cultural, social, religious, and economic rights, comparing them as appeared in the Islamic legal system and the International Declaration of Human Rights.

Hakim Salimi