This book seeks to redress a deficiency in translating legal texts from Arabic into English in that it provides for the first time a practical guide to the discipline rather than concentrating on the theoretical aspects. It contains over 70 Arabic legal documents with suggested model translations into English. The reader is introduced to a variety of texts ranging from birth certificates, promissory notes, contract leases and educational certificates to specifically Islamic documents such as certificates of legacy, of guardianship and maintenance of legal minors. Thus, the material is realistically selected to reflect the practical needs of the legal translator at work and is supplied to guide translators when working with similar documents.