Islamic finance ethics and Shari'ah law in the aftermath of the crisis: Concept and practice of Shari'ah compliant finance

Ethical Perspectives

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 591-623

  Nienhaus, Volker ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethical banking; Finance ethics; Islamic finance; Shari'ah

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862498114     PISSN: 13700049     EISSN: 17831431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/EP.18.4.2141849     Document Type: Review

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