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| Illustrations | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Legal Absolutism and Ethical Relativism | |
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| To Know or Not to Know: The Basis of Acts | |
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| Cognition through Models and Paradigms | |
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| The Domain of Ethics and the Law | |
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| Chronology of Islamic Thought | |
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| Ethics, Morality, and the Law | |
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| Determining God's Position | |
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| Core and Marginal Sanctions | |
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| Emotion and Law in the Qur'anic Discourse | |
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| Threats, Incentives, and Piety | |
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| Crime and Punishment | |
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| Basis for the Practice of Polygamy | |
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| On the Methodological and Historical Assumptions | |
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| Methodological and Disciplinary Precedence | |
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| Polygamy in the Historical Context | |
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| The Philology of Polygamy | |
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| Women in Islamic Law of Inheritance | |
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| The Qur'&abar;nic and Interpretive Dichotomy | |
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| The Legal and Exegetical Treatment of the Verses on Inheritance | |
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| Women, Justice, and Interpretation: The Principle of Awl | |
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| Explicitnes, Consensus, and Interpretation | |
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| Shares and Heirs in the Comparative Context | |
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| Shares and Heirs per Blind Survey | |
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| Description of Data Collection | |
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| Explanation and Interpretation of Data | |
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| Women in Modern Times | |
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| Discussion | |
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| Linking Polygamy and Inheritance: Disadvantaging Women by the Numbers | |
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| Discussing the Status of Women | |
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| Other Contested Perspectives | |
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| Bespoke Justice versus Tyranny of Majoritism | |
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| Inclusion and Exclusion of Women | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Timeline of Scholars and Major Figures | |
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| Glossary of Key Arabic Terms and Their Derivatives | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |