Islamic Law (RLE Politics of Islam): Social and Historical Contexts

by Aziz Al-Azmeh

Overview

This book underlines the mutability of Islamic law and attempts to relate its substantive and institutional varieties and transformations to social, political, economic and other historical circumstances. The studies in the book range from discussion of the received wisdom in Islamic law to studies of legal institutions and the theoretical means employed by Islamic law for the accommodation of changing historical circumstances.

First published in 1988.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138912663
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/22/2015
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Politics of Islam
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Aziz Al-Azmeh

Table of Contents

Preface. Abbreviations. 1. The Family, Inheritance, and Islam: A e-examination of the Sociology of Fara’id Law Martha Mundy 1.1. Modern Interpretations of the Islamic Laws of Inheritance. 1.2. The Sociology of Origins Re-examined. 1.3. Law and Practice of Inheritance: Comparative Questions Re-examined. 2. Qanun and Sharia in the Ottoman Context Richard Repp 3. Islamic Law as a Source for the Development of a Comparative Jurisprudence: Theory and Practice in the Life and Work of Sanhuri Enid Hill 4. Institutions of Justice in Fatamid Egypt Amin Haji 5. The Transformation of the Muslim Court System in Colonial Algeria Allan Christelow 6. Islamic Laws in the Sudan Safiya Safwat 7. Islamic Legal Theory and the Appropriation of Reality Aziz Al-Azmeh. Index of Arabic and Turkish Terms. General Index