The Ashgate research companion to Islamic law
2014
eBook
Abstract: This unparalleled Companion provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide to Islamic law to all with an interest in this increasingly relevant and developing field. The volume presents classical Islamic law through a historiographical introduction to and analysis of Western scholarship, while key debates about hot-button issues in modern-day circumstances are also addressed.
Main title:
The Ashgate research companion to Islamic law / edited by Rudolph Peters, University of Amsterdam and Peri Bearman, Harvard University, USA.
Author:
Peters, Rudolph, editor of compilationBearman, P. J. (Peri J.), editor of compilationCredo Reference (Firm), distributor
Edition:
[Enhanced Credo edition]
Imprint:
Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom, England : Ashgate, 2014.Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2014.
Collation:
1 online resource (30 entries) : 2 images ; digital files.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: x, 345 pages : illustrations
Contents:
The nature of the sharia / Rudolph Peters and Peri Bearman -- The origins of the sharia / Knut S. Vikor -- The divine sources / Herbert Berg -- The schools of law? / Paul R. Powers -- Deriving rules of law / Robert Gleave -- The judge and the mufti / Brinkley Messick -- State and sharia / Mohammad Fadel -- Qanun and sharia / Bogac Ergene -- Equality before the law / Gianluca P. Parolin -- Gender relations / Christina Jones-Pauly -- Socio-economic justice / Hiroyuki Yanagihashi -- Public order / Christian R. Lange -- Constitutional authority / Andrew F. March -- War and peace / Sohail H. Hashmi -- Sharia and the colonial state / Léon Buskens -- Sharia and the nation state / Maurits S. Berger -- The re-Islamization of legal systems / Martin Lau -- Sharia and finance / Abdullah Saeed -- Sharia and the Muslim diaspora / Mathias Rohe -- Sharia and modernity / Kristine Kalanges -- Sharia and medical ethics / Birgit Krawietz -- The normative relevance of sharia in the modern context / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im.
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9781784029180 (electronic version)9781472403711 (epub)9781409438939 (hardback : alk. paper)9781409438946 (ebook)
Dewey class:
340.59
LC class:
KBP144
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
502105
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