RESPONSESINISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCETODEVELOPMENTS IN MEDICALSCIENCEByAhmedAbdelAzizYacoubThesissubmittedfortheDegreeofDoctorofPhilosophyDepartmentofLawSchoolofOrientalandAfricanStudiesUniversityofLondonJanuary 2000
AcknowledgementsIshouldliketo thankMr. Ian Edge,mysupervisor,fortheusefulandilluminatingdiscussionsIhavehadwithhim.Hisencouragementwasinvaluable.Ishouldalsoliketo thankDr.WernerMenskiformuchappreciatedhelp.IshouldfurtherliketothankMr.Michael Palmer; hewas alwaysthere.Thepostgraduatetrainingsessionshave beenverygood;theywereinstructiveand educational.Thestaffs atthelibraryandattheDepartmentofLawhavebeen helpfulandattentive.Ishouldalsoliketoacknowledgetheusefulrole oftheexchangesIhadwith myfellowpostgraduatecolleaguesondifferentaspectsofourstudies.(i)
AbstractThisthesisexaminesthecompatibilityofIslamicmedicaljurisprudencewithpresentday laws,particularlyintheWesternworld.Althoughthereisa resurgence ofinterestinIslam,thereisa paucity ofwritinginthefield.Since Islamismeanttobeasystemof governmentas well as an articleoffaith it isessentialthatthelaws introduced byIslamicgovernmentsdonot violatetheQur'anandPropheticteachings.Duetopracticalconsiderationsthisthesisis limitedtotheexaminationoflegalaspects ofthemainstreamconcerns of responsibilityandmedicalliabilitytogetherwith matters,literally,oflifeanddeathinthefield.Thesematters are: euthanasia,preventionandterminationof pregnancy,reproduction andcloning,andtransplantation.Thenewdevelopmentsinthemanagementoflong-standing issuessuchaseuthanasia andterminationof pregnancy necessitatefreshexaminationofthelaws,codes, or mores governingthepracticeinsecularspheres.Theinnovationsinthefieldsoffertilisationandtransplantationaremorereasontodoso.Thesedevelopments haveleftthe`law'behind,orhavetakenitbytotalsurprise.Themore sointhecaseofIslamiclawasitwasleft behindinmanyimportantareasformanycenturies.
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