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

By:

Rosen Lawrence

Contributor(s):

Publication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 2002Description: 234p ixISBN:

9780198298854
0198298854

Subject(s):

1. Islamic Law 2. Islamic Law - Sociological Jurisprudence

DDC classification:

340.115000 ROS

Contents:

Contents: Introduction ix; Part 1 The socio-logic of Islamic legal reasoning: 1 Equity and discretion in Islamic law 3; 2 Islamic case law and the logic of consequence 24; 3 Islamic law as common law: Power, culture, and the reconfiguration of legal taxonomies 38; 4 Responsibility and compensatory justice in Arab culture and law 69; Part 2 In and out of court: 5 From courtroom to courtyard: Law and custom in popular legal culture 85; 6 On the docket: Changing conventions in a Muslim court, 1965–1995 99; 7 Local justice: A day in an alternative court 111; 8 Whom do you trust? Structuring confidence in Arab law and society 133; Part 3 Justice past and present: 9 Islamic concepts of justice and injustice 153; 10 Muhammad’s sociological jurisprudence 176; 11 Private thoughts, public utterances: Law, privacy, and the consequences for community 187; 12 Islam and Islamic culture in the courts of the United States 200 Reference 217; Index 233.

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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		21273

Contents:
Introduction ix;
Part 1 The socio-logic of Islamic legal reasoning:
1 Equity and discretion in Islamic law 3;
2 Islamic case law and the logic of consequence 24;
3 Islamic law as common law: Power, culture, and the reconfiguration of legal taxonomies 38;
4 Responsibility and compensatory justice in Arab culture and law 69;
Part 2 In and out of court:
5 From courtroom to courtyard: Law and custom in popular legal culture 85;
6 On the docket: Changing conventions in a Muslim court, 1965–1995 99;
7 Local justice: A day in an alternative court 111;
8 Whom do you trust? Structuring confidence in Arab law and society 133;
Part 3 Justice past and present:
9 Islamic concepts of justice and injustice 153;
10 Muhammad’s sociological jurisprudence 176;
11 Private thoughts, public utterances: Law, privacy, and the consequences for community 187;
12 Islam and Islamic culture in the courts of the United States 200
Reference 217;
Index 233.

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