Sharī'a - Theory, Practice, Transformations

Paperback Engels 2009 1e druk 9780521678742
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In recent years, Islamic law, or Shari'a, has been appropriated as a tool of modernity in the Muslim world and in the West and has become highly politicised in consequence. Wael Hallaq's magisterial overview of Shari'a sets the record straight by examining the doctrines and practices of Islamic law within the context of its history, and by showing how it functioned within pre-modern Islamic societies as a moral imperative. In so doing, Hallaq takes the reader on an epic journey tracing the history of Islamic law from its beginnings in seventh-century Arabia, through its development and transformation under the Ottomans, and across lands as diverse as India, Africa and South-East Asia, to the present. In a remarkably fluent narrative, the author unravels the complexities of his subject to reveal a love and deep knowledge of the law which will inform, engage and challenge the reader.

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ISBN13:9780521678742
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:626
Druk:1
Verschijningsdatum:16-4-2009
Hoofdrubriek:Juridisch

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Inhoudsopgave

Part I. The Pre-Modern Tradition
1. The formative period
2. Legal theory: epistemology, language, and legal reasoning
3. Legal education and the politics of law
4. Law and society
5. The circle of justice and later dynasties

Part II. The Law: An Outline:
6. Legal pillars of religion
7. Contracts and other obligations
8. Family law and succession
9. Property and ownership
10. Offenses
11. Jihad
12. Courts of justice, suits and evidence

Part III. The Sweep of Modernity
13. The conceptual framework: an introduction
14. The jural colonization of India and South-East Asia
15. Hegemonic modernity: the Middle East and North Africa during the nineteenth and early twentieth century
16. Modernizing the law in the age of nation-states
17. In search of a legal methodology
18. Repercussions: concluding notes

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