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Islamic law : from historical foundations to contemporary practice /
Covering key topics - including the history, sources and formation of Islamic law, the legal mechanisms, and the contemporary context - this text combines Western and Islamic views and describes the relationship between the original theories of Islamic law and the views of contemporary writers.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
©2004.
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| Colección: | New Edinburgh Islamic surveys.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part 1, Historical background. The law of the prophet and his companions
- After the orthodox caliphs. The organization of legal subject matter
- Theology and law
- Part 2, The law and its sources. The devine sources. The primary sources (the Qur'an and sunna)
- The sunna of the prophet
- Categories of sunna as legal interpretations of the meanings of the Qur'an
- Ijma' and obtaining the view of umma
- Ijma' today
- The human sources. Oiyas and ijtihad
- Requirements for qiyas
- Istihsan, juristic preference
- Sadd al-dhara'i
- Public interest and the source of law
- Darura, necessity. The interplay between darura and maslaha
- Part 4, The legal mechanisms for understanding the law
- Islamic jurisprudence, usul al-fiqh. The subjects of law
- Understanding the textual expressions. The legal maxims
- Part 5, Legal authority and the future of Islamic law. The "establishment" face of Islamic law
- Authority and the law of resurgence
- Authority and the leberal face if Islamic law
- The "middle way" face of Islamic law
- Islamic legal authority and Western methodology
- Authority and the pious face of Islam : Singapore, Brunei and Malaysia
- Conclusion
- The fatwa and legal authority
- The future of Islamic law.