The Ashgate research companion to Islamic law / edited by Rudolph Peters, University of Amsterdam and Peri Bearman, Harvard University, USA.
Contributor(s): Peters, Rudolph [editor of compilation.] | Bearman, P. J. (Peri J.) [editor of compilation.] | Credo Reference (Firm) [distributor.].
Series: Ashgate research companion: Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2014Edition: [Enhanced Credo edition].Description: 1 online resource (30 entries) : 2 images ; digital files.Content type: text | still image Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781784029180.Subject(s): Islamic lawGenre/Form: Electronic books.Online resources: View this item online| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references.
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 / L�eon 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.
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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.
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