The Law Applied: Contextualizing the Islamic Shariʿa

✍ Scribed by Peri Bearman; Wolfhart Heinrichs; Bernard G Weiss; Frank E Vogel (editors)

Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Leaves: 445
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

A sea change has taken place in Islamic legal studies. This book both reflects and contributes to that change. Traditionally, scholars in this field have tended to focus on law as a body of rules and doctrines, as 'fiqh'. This volume is more interested in how the law has been applied to concrete situations. It looks at judicial decision-making, legal responses (fatwas), customary practices, the actions of public inspectors, cultural contexts, and theological discourses as well as modern legal reform and constitutional development. Reflecting the interests of a new academic generation, "The Law Applied" offers an ambitious and textured account of how Islamic law works in practice in the social life of the contemporary world.

📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES

The Law Applied: Contextualizing the Isl

📁 The Law Applied: Contextualizing the Islamic Shari'a

✍ Peri Bearman, Wolfhart Heinrichs, Bernard G. Weiss 📂 Library 📅 2008 🌐 English

Shari’a: Islamic Law in the Contemporary

📁 Shari’a: Islamic Law in the Contemporary Context

✍ Abbas Amanat (editor); Frank Griffel (editor) 📂 Library 📅 2007 🏛 Stanford University Press 🌐 English

<p>This volume presents ten leading scholars' writings on contemporary Islamic law and Muslim thought. The essays examine a range of issues, from modern Muslim discourses on justice, natural law, and the common good, to democracy, the social contract, and "the authority of the preeminent jurist." Ch

On British Islam: Religion, Law, and Eve

📁 On British Islam: Religion, Law, and Everyday Practice in Shariʿa Councils

✍ John R. Bowen 📂 Library 📅 2016 🏛 Princeton University Press 🌐 English

<p><i>On British Islam</i> examines the history and everyday workings of Islamic institutions in Britain, with a focus on shariʿa councils. These councils concern themselves with religious matters, especially divorce. They have a higher profile in Britain than in other Western nations. Why? Taking a

On British Islam: Religion, Law, and Eve

📁 On British Islam: Religion, Law, and Everyday Practice in Shariʿa Councils

✍ John R Bowen 📂 Library 📅 2016 🏛 Princeton University Press 🌐 English

On British Islam examines the history and everyday workings of Islamic institutions in Britain, with a focus on shariʿa councils. These councils concern themselves with religious matters, especially divorce. They have a higher profile in Britain than in other Western nations. Why? Taking a historica

Applied Family Law in Islamic Courts: Sh

📁 Applied Family Law in Islamic Courts: Shari’a Courts in Gaza

✍ Nahda Shehada 📂 Library 📅 2018 🏛 Routledge 🌐 English

Written from an ethnographic perspective, this book investigates the socio-legal aspects of Islamic jurisprudence in Gaza-Palestine. It examines the way judges, lawyers and litigants operate with respect to the law and with each other, particularly given their different positions in the power struct

The Study of Shiʿi Islam: History, Theol

📁 The Study of Shiʿi Islam: History, Theology and Law

✍ Gurdofarid Miskinzoda; Farhad Daftary (editor) 📂 Library 📅 2014 🏛 I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd 🌐 English

Shi'i Islam, with its rich and extensive history, has played a crucial role in the evolution of Islam as both a major world religion and civilization. The prolific achievements of Shi?i theologians, philosophers and others are testament to the spiritual and intellectual wealth of this community. Yet