Mr, Mohammad Arif in his comments on the contributions of Dr. Hasanuzzaman and Mr. Akram Khan in the Winter 140511985 issue of JRIE (pp. 87-103) has raised certain vital questions as regards the definition and methodology of Islamic economics. As the discussion on this topic helps in...

In this chapter, written for the book 'Law and Method. Interdisciplinary Research info Law', we describe the methodology of Law and Economics. We start by discussing the mainstream economic approach to law, including the topics of rationality, the use of (sometimes unrealistic) assumptions, the...