Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contesting Justice
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Legal Absolutism and Ethical Relativism
  • To Know or Not to Know: The Basis of Acts
  • Cognition through Models and Paradigms
  • 2. The Domain of Ethics and the Law
  • Chronology of Islamic Thought
  • Ethics, Morality, and the Law
  • Determining Godâ€?s Position
  • Core and Marginal Sanctions
  • Emotion and Law in the Qurâ€? nic Discourse
  • Threats, Incentives, and Piety
  • Crime and Punishment
  • 3. Basis for the Practice of Polygamy
  • On the Methodological and Historical AssumptionsMethodological and Disciplinary Precedence
  • Polygamy in the Historical Context
  • The Philology of Polygamy
  • 4. Women in Islamic Law of Inheritance
  • The Qurâ€?nic and Interpretive Dichotomy
  • The Legal and Exegetical Treatment of the Verses on Inheritance
  • Women, Justice, and Interpretation: The Principle of `Awl
  • Explicitness, Consensus, and Interpretation
  • Shares and Heirs in the Comparative Context
  • Shares and Heirs per Blind Survey
  • Description of Data Collection
  • Explanation and Interpretation of Data5. Women in Modern Times
  • Discussion
  • Linking Polygamy and Inheritance: Disadvantaging Women by the Numbers
  • Discussing the Status of Women
  • Other Contested Perspectives
  • Bespoke Justice versus Tyranny of Majoritism
  • Inclusion and Exclusion of Women
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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