Foundations of Jurisprudence is a dual-text critical edition, edited and translated by Sayyid Amjad H. Shah Naqavi, of Mabādiʾ al-wuṣūl ilā ʿilm al-uṣūl, an introduction to Islamic legal principles (uṣūl al-fiqh) by the renowned Shīʿah jurist and theologian al-ʿAllāmah al-Ḥillī.

In the space of two decades, social rights have emerged from the shadows and margins of human rights jurisprudence. The authors in this book provide a critical analysis of almost two thousand judgments and decisions from twenty-nine national and international jurisdictions. The breadth of the decisions is vast, from the resettlement of evictees to the regulation of private medical plans to the development of state programs to address poverty and illiteracy.