Justice of Islam Comparative Perspectives on Islamic Law and Society

Name: Justice of Islam Comparative Perspectives on Islamic Law and Society
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ISBN: 9780198298854

ISBN-10: 0198298854

ISBN-13: 9780198298854

Edition: 1999

Authors: Lawrence Rosen

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One out of five people in the world today lives subject to Islamic law, but stereotypes of rigid doctrine or harsh punishment obscure an understanding of the values and style of reasoning that characterize everyday lslamic adjudication. By considering its larger social and cultural context Islamic law is shown to be a kind of common law system: justice is sought through a careful assessment of persons, more than facts, and justice resides not in equality but in a quest for equivalence. Through ordinary court proceedings the style of reasoning is seen to be embedded in a set of cultural assumptions, thus rendering the study of Islamic legal proceedings a window on Muslim society generally.…

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List price: $72.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/20/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Lawrence Rosenis the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University and the author of many books, includingBargaining for RealityandThe Culture of Islam, both published by the University of Chicago Press.



Introduction



The socio-logic of Islamic legal reasoning



Equity and discretion in Islamic law



Islamic case-law and the logic of consequence



Islamic law as common law: Power, culture, and the reconfiguration of legal taxonomies



Responsibility and compensatory justice in Arab culture and law



In and out of court



From courtroom to courtyard: Law and custom in popular legal culture



On the docket: Changing conventions in a Muslim court, 1965-1995



Local justice: A day in an alternative court



Who do you trust? Structuring confidence in Arab law and society



Justice past and present



Islamic concepts of justice and injustice



Muhammad's sociological jurisprudence



Private thoughts, public utterances: Law, privacy, and the consequences for community



Islam and Islamic culture in the courts of the United States


References


Index