The justice of Islam : Comparative perspectives on Islamic law and society

By:

Rosen Lawrence

Contributor(s):

Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2000Description: 234p ixISBN:

9780198298854

Subject(s):

1. Islamic Law 2. Islamic Law - Sociological Jurisprudence

DDC classification:

340.115 ROS ROS

Contents:

CONTENTS; Introduction; Part 1 The socio-logic of Islamic legal reasoning 1 Equity and discretion in Islamic law 2 Islamic case law and the logic of consequence 3 Islamic law as common law: Power, culture, and the reconfiguration of legal taxonomies 4 Responsibility and compensatory justice in Arab culture and law Part 2 In and out of court 5 From courtroom to courtyard: Law and custom in popular legal culture 6 On the docket: Changing conventions in a Muslim court, 1965–1995 7 Local justice: A day in an alternative court 8 Whom do you trust? Structuring confidence in Arab law and society Part 3 Justice past and present 9 Islamic concepts of justice and injustice 10 Muhammad’s sociological jurisprudence 11 Private thoughts, public utterances: Law, privacy, and the consequences for community 12 Islam and Islamic culture in the courts of the United States Reference; Index

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
BOOKs	National Law School	Library Compactors	340.115 ROS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		17733

CONTENTS;
Introduction;
Part 1 The socio-logic of Islamic legal reasoning
1 Equity and discretion in Islamic law
2 Islamic case law and the logic of consequence
3 Islamic law as common law: Power, culture, and the reconfiguration of legal taxonomies
4 Responsibility and compensatory justice in Arab culture and law
Part 2 In and out of court
5 From courtroom to courtyard: Law and custom in popular legal culture
6 On the docket: Changing conventions in a Muslim court, 1965–1995
7 Local justice: A day in an alternative court
8 Whom do you trust? Structuring confidence in Arab law and society
Part 3 Justice past and present
9 Islamic concepts of justice and injustice
10 Muhammad’s sociological jurisprudence
11 Private thoughts, public utterances: Law, privacy, and the consequences for community
12 Islam and Islamic culture in the courts of the United States
Reference;
Index

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