
The Law Applied
Contextualizing the Islamic Shari'a
I.B. Tauris (Publisher)
Published on 30. January 2008
Book
Hardback
456 pages
978-1-84511-736-8 (ISBN)
Description
A sea change has taken place in Islamic legal studies. This book both reflects and contributes to that change. Traditionally, scholars in this field have tended to focus on law as a body of rules and doctrines, as 'fiqh'. This volume is more interested in how the law has been applied to concrete situations. It looks at judicial decision-making, legal responses (fatwas), customary practices, the actions of public inspectors, cultural contexts, and theological discourses as well as modern legal reform and constitutional development. Reflecting the interests of a new academic generation, "The Law Applied" offers an ambitious and textured account of how Islamic law works in practice in the social life of the contemporary world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84511-736-8 (9781845117368)
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Peri Bearman | Bernard G. Weiss | Wolfhart Heinrichs
The Law Applied
Contextualizing the Islamic Shari'A
E-Book
01/2008
1st Edition
I.B. Tauris
€156.99
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Persons
Peri Bearman is Associate Director of the Islamic Legal Studies Program (ILSP) at Harvard Law School. Bernard Weiss is Professor of Languages & Literature at the University of Utah. Wolfhart Heinrichs is James Richard Jewett Professor of Arabic in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University.