Sharï¿½'a Theory, Practice, Transformations

Name: Sharï¿½'a Theory, Practice, Transformations
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ISBN: 9780521678742

ISBN-10: 0521678749

ISBN-13: 9780521678742

Edition: 2009

Authors: Wael B. Hallaq

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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…

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List price: $74.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/16/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 626
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English



Preface and acknowledgments


Introduction



The pre-modern tradition



The formative period



Legal theory: epistemology, language and legal reasoning



Legal education and the politics of law



Law and society



The Circle of Justice and later dynasties



The law: an outline



The legal pillars of religion



Contracts and other obligations



Family law and succession



Property and ownership



Offenses



Jih&abar;d



Courts of justice, suits and evidence



The sweep of modernity



The conceptual framework: an introduction



The jural colonization of India and South-East Asia



Hegemonic modernity: the Middle East and North Africa during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries



Modernizing the law in the age of nation-states



In search of a legal methodology



Repercussions: concluding notes



Contents of substantive legal works



Chronology


Bibliography


Index