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Foster, Nicholas HD, Moscati, Maria and Palmer, Michael, eds. (2016) Interdisciplinary Study and Comparative Law. London: Wildy, Simmonds and Hill. (JCL Studies in Comparative Law; 15)

Foster, Nicholas HD, Moscati, Maria and Palmer, Michael (2016) 'Introduction.' In: Foster, Nicholas HD, Moscati, Maria and Palmer, Michael, (eds.), Interdisciplinary Study and Comparative Law. London: Wildy, Simmonds and Hill, pp. 1-21. (JCL Studies in Comparative Law; 15)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2016) The Financial Sharia as Law and as Ethics: A Suggestion. London: SOAS School of Law Research Paper No. 06/2016.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2015) Some Concepts and Related Terms for the Analysis of the Law of Islamic Finance. London: SOAS. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2015) Moving Forward in the Study and Practice of Islamic Finance: Makhlouf’s L’émergence d’un droit international de la finance islamique : Origines, formation et integration en droit français. London: SOAS.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2014) Limited Liability and Islamic Law. London: SOAS School of Law Research Paper No. 3/2014.. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2014) Dispute Resolution and Insolvency in Islamic Finance: Problems and Solutions -Workshop 19 September 2013: Report of Proceedings. London: SOAS School of Law Research Paper No. 02/2014. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD, Palmer, Michael and Moscati, Maria (2014) 'Introduction.' Journal of Comparative Law, 7 (2). p. 1.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2013) '"Lead Us Not into Temptation”: the Formulation of the Present Orthodoxy and the Deficiencies of Regulation.' SOAS Law of Islamic Finance Working Papers Series (1). pp. 1-7.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2013) 'Commerce, Inter-Polity Legal Conflict and the Transformation of Civil and Commercial Law in the Ottoman Empire.' Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, 17 (1). pp. 1-49.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2013) 'Islamic Financial Intermediation: Revisiting the Value Proposition - The Role of Law.' SOAS Law of Islamic Finance Working Papers Series (5). pp. 1-4.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2013) '‘Lead Us Not into Temptation’: the Formulation of the Present Orthodoxy and the Deficiencies of Regulation.' SOAS Law of Islamic Finance Working Papers: No 1 . (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2013) 'Limited Liability and Islamic Law.' SOAS Law of Islamic Finance Working Paper Series (6). pp. 1-10.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2013) 'Making People Behave Properly in Islamic Finance: Some General Thoughts.' SOAS Law of Islamic Finance Working Papers Series (2). pp. 1-11.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2013) 'Operating with a Truncated Legal System: Financial Law without Insolvency Law.' SOAS Law of Islamic Finance Working Papers Series (5). pp. 1-5.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2013) 'Some Thoughts From Legal Academia On “Reappraising The Islamic Financial Industry After The Downturn: Introspective Reflections”.' SOAS Law of Islamic Finance Working Papers Series (3). pp. 1-10.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2012) 'Commerce, Commercial Law and Legal Transformation.' Journal of Comparative Law, 7. p. 214.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2011) 'The Emergent Islamic Finance Legal System: A Practical Method or a Dead End?' New Horizon, 182. pp. 36-37.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2010) The Law of Islamic Finance. In: Islamic Finance and Financial Markets: An alternative to the Anglo-American Finance Model?, 4 March, University College London. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2010) Making People Behave Properly in Islamic Finance: Some General Thoughts. In: Fourth Harvard-LSE Workshop, 25th February, London School of Economics. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2010) 'Islamic Perspectives on the Law of Business Organisations I: An Overview of the Classical Sharia and a Brief Comparison of the Sharia Regimes with Western-Style Law.' European Business Organization Law Review, 11 (1). pp. 3-34.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2010) 'Islamic Perspectives on the Law of Business Organisations II: The Sharia and the Western-style Law of Business Organisations.' European Business Organization Law Review, 11 (2). pp. 273-307.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2009) Commercial Law: The Thin End of the Wedge in the Westernisation of Law in the Middle East. In: Islamic Law Facing the Challenges of the 21st Century, 19-21 October, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2009) The Law of Islamic Finance: Re-imagination or Reception? In: Re-imagining the Shari’a: Theory, Practice and Muslim Pluralism at Play, 13-16 September, Venice, Italy. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2009) Transnational Legal Studies, Relatively Speaking. In: Georgetown Law School, Center for Transnational Legal Studies: Pierre Legrand, 21 January. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2007) ‘Problematic at Best and Uninteresting at Worst?' Comparing the Sharia and Western Civil and Commercial Law. In: Asian Constitutionalism in Transition: A Comparative Perspective, 14-15 December, University of Siena. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2007) The “Mixed Systems” of the Arab Middle East. In: Second Congress of the World Society of Mixed Jurisdiction Jurists, 27-30 June, University of Edinburgh. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2007) 'Comparative Commercial Law: Rules or Context?' In: Nelken, David and Örücü, Esin, (eds.), Comparative Legal Studies: A Handbook. Oxford: Hart Publishing, pp. 263-285.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2007) 'Islamic Commercial Law: An Overview (II).' InDret: revista per a analisi del dret, 1. p. 405.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2007) 'Islamic Finance Law as an Emergent Legal System.' Arab Law Quarterly, 21 (2). pp. 170-188.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2006) 'Islamic Commercial Law: An Overview (I).' InDret: revista per a analisi del dret, 4. p. 384.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2006) Comparing Shari’a and Western Commercial Law: An Impossibility? In: Society of Legal Scholars Joint Annual Conference, 4 September, University of Keele. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2006) 'The Journal of Comparative Law: A New Scholarly Resource.' Journal of Comparative Law, 1. pp. 1-12.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2006) Use and Abuse of PowerPoint: Confessions of a Repentant Sinner. In: School of Oriental and African Studies, Learning and Teaching Unit Seminar, 31 January, London. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2006) 'Challenges in the Study of Ancient Legal Influence: Gideon Libson, Jewish and Islamic Law. A Comparative Study of Custom during the Geonic Period.' Rechtsgeschichte : Zeitschrift des Max-Planck-Instituts für europäische Rechtsgeschichte = Legal history : journal of the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, 8 . pp. 181-184.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2006) 'Editorial Note: Symposium on 'Legal Transplants'.' Journal of Comparative Law, 1 . pp. 235-236.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2006) 'Encounters between Legal Systems: Recent Cases concerning Islamic Commercial Law in Secular Courts.' Amicus Curiae, 68. pp. 2-9.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2006) 'A Fresh Start for Comparative Legal Studies? A Collective Review of Patrick Glenn's Legal Traditions of the World, 2nd edition.' Journal of Comparative Law, 1 (1). pp. 100-199.

Foster, Nicholas HD and Ball, Jane (2006) 'Imperialism and accountability in corporate law: the limitations of incorporation law as a regulatory mechanism.' In: McLeod, Sorcha and Brownsword, Roger, (eds.), Global Governance and the Quest for Justice - Volume II: Corporate Governance. Oxford, UK: Hart Publishing.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2006) 'Islamic Law as Tradition: Chapter Six of Legal Traditions of the World.' Journal of Comparative Law, 1. pp. 147-150.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2006) 'Key Ideas in Islamic Law: Wael B Hallaq, The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law.' Rechtsgeschichte : Zeitschrift des Max-Planck-Instituts für europäische Rechtsgeschichte = Legal history : journal of the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, 8 . pp. 177-180.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2006) 'Kindling the Debate on Diversity: Chapter Ten of Legal Traditions of the World.' Journal of Comparative Law, 1. pp. 174-176.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2006) 'Perception, Language and "Reality" in Corporate Law Theory.' King’s College Law Journal, 17 (2). pp. 299-324.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2005) Unstoppable Forces and Movable Objects? Islam and Western Commercial Law. In: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Seminar, 2 June, London. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2005) 'Foundation Myth as Legal Formant: The Medieval Law Merchant and the New Lex Mercatoria.' Forum Historiae Juris (online journal) (March).

Foster, Nicholas HD (2005) Begin at the Beginning: Corporate Law Theory and Metaphysics. In: Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference 2005, 1 Jan 2005, University of Strathclyde. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2005) Islamic Finance: A Quasi-Independent Legal System? In: Commonwealth Law Conference 2005: Developing Law and Justice, 1 Jan 2005, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2005) 'The Journal of Comparative Law.' Rechtsgeschichte, 7 . pp. 230-231.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2005) The Re-Reception of Islamic Law: Perspectives from a Commercial Comparatist. In: Legal Transfer in History European Forum of Young Legal Historians, 27-29 May, University of Lucerne, Switzerland. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2005) 'The Theoretical Background: The Nature of the Actors in Corporate Social Responsibility.' In: Tully, S, (ed.), Research Handbook on Corporate Social Responsibility. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2004) Good Faith as Multivalence in Bivalent Legal Orders. In: Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference 2004, 13-16 September, Sheffield University. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2004) Owing and owning in Islamic and Western law. In: Sixth Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance, 8-9 May. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2004) The New Shari'a - Islamic Finance as an Emergent Legal System. In: Centre for Finance and Management Studies Seminar, 1 Jan 2004, SOAS. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2004) 'An Unstoppable Force meets a Movable Object? Assignment of Rights in the UAE.' Arab Law Quarterly, 19 (1). pp. 165-186.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2004) What is Culture? Lessons from Comparative Commercial Law (and Elsewhere). In: University of Victoria, British Columbia, 1 Jan 2004. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2003) The lex mercatoria - mythical history as legal formant. In: Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference 2003, 17-20 September, Oxford University. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2003) Fact and Fiction in Islamic Banking. In: Centre for Finance and Management Studies (SOAS) Seminar, 1 Jan 2003, SOAS, University of London. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2003) Imperialism and accountability in corporate law: two globalisations. In: Global Governance and the Search for Justice, 1 Jan 2003, University of Sheffield. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2003) Is security law necessary? In: Centre for Finance and Management Studies (SOAS) Seminar, 1 Jan 2003, SOAS, University of London. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2003) 'Owing and Owning in Islamic and Western Law.' Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, 10 (1). pp. 59-95.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2002) Teaching legal understanding. In: Academic Literacies Seminar, 14 June, SOAS, London. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2002) Researching Islamic commercial law. In: Comparative Law Methodology, UKNCCL Seminar, 21 March, SOAS, London. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2002) Teaching company law comparatively: Or how do you teach a subject which doesn't exist yet? In: Society of Public Teachers of Law Annual Conference, September 9-12, University of Leicester. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2002) 'Transfers of Rights and Obligations in the UAE: A Comparative Analysis in the Light of English Law, French law and the shari'a.' In: Cotran, Eugene, (ed.), Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, Volume 7 2000-2001. Leiden: Brill, pp. 3-70.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2002) Transfers of Rights and the Concept of Property. In: Centre for Finance and Management Studies (SOAS) Seminar, 1 Jan 2002, SOAS, University of London. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2002) 'Transmigration and Transferability of Commercial Law in a Globalised World.' In: Örücü, Esin and Harding, Andrew, (eds.), Comparative Law in the 21st Century. The Hague: Kluwer, pp. 55-73.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2001) 'The Islamic Law of Guarantees.' Arab Law Quarterly, 16 (2). pp. 133-57.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2001) 'A Review of William M Ballantyne, "Essays and Addresses on Arab Laws".' Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, 6 .

Foster, Nicholas HD (2000) 'Company Law Theory in Comparative Perspective: England and France.' American Journal of Comparative Law, 48 (4). pp. 573-621.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2000) The Hidden Purposes of Corporate Theories. In: SOAS Law Department Research Seminar, 1 Jan 2000, SOAS, University of London. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2000) 'The Islamic law of Real Security.' Arab Law Quarterly, 15 (2). pp. 131-155.

Foster, Nicholas HD (2000) 'A Review of N. D. Ray, "Arab Islamic Banking and the Renewal of Islamic Law".' Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, 5 .

Foster, Nicholas HD (2000) 'A Review of Nayla Comair-Obeid, "The Law of Business Contracts in the Arab Middle East".' Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, 5 .

Foster, Nicholas HD (2000) Thoughts on the Essence of Being - What Exactly is a Company? In: Centre for Financial and Management Studies (SOAS) Seminar, 1 Jan 2000, SOAS, University of London. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (2000) Transmigration and Transferability of Commercial Law in a Globalised World. In: WG Hart Legal Workshop - Comparative Law in the 21st Century, 1 Jan 2000, London. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (1998) 'Guarantees in the UAE: a Comparative Analysis in the Light of English Law, French Law and the Shari'a.' Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, 5 (1). pp. 42-87.

Foster, Nicholas HD (1998) 'The Civil Law/Commercial Law Distinction in Arab Commercial Law.' Wig and Gavel (University of London Law Journal) . pp. 142-144.

Foster, Nicholas HD (1998) 'Commercial Security over Movables in the UAE: a Comparative Analysis in the Light of English Law, French Law and the Shari’a.' Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, 4. pp. 1-61.

Foster, Nicholas HD (1998) Company law theory - comparative aspects. SOAS Law Department Research Seminar, 27 January 1998. (Unpublished)

Foster, Nicholas HD (1998) 'A Review of K. Eso, "The Mystery Gunman: History. Politics. Power-play".' The African Book Publishing Record, 24 (2). pp. 138-139.

Foster, Nicholas HD (1998) 'A Review of Manase, A.J. and Madhuku, L., "A Handbook on Commercial Law in Zimbabwe".' The African Book Publishing Record, 24 (2). pp. 134-135.

Foster, Nicholas HD (1998) 'A Review of Uvieghara, E. E., "Sale of Goods (And Hire Purchase) Law in Nigeria".' Journal of African Law, 42 (1). pp. 144-146.

Foster, Nicholas HD (1997) 'A Review of Ogundere, J. G., "The Nigerian Judge and His Court".' The African Book Publishing Record, 23 (2). p. 140.