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Sharia : Theory, practice and transformations

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Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2009Description: 614p viiISBN:
  • 9780521678742
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.590000 HAL
Contents:
Table of contents Part I. The Pre-Modern Tradition: 1. The formative period; 2. Legal theory: epistemology, language, and legal reasoning; 3. Legal education and the politics of law; 4. Law and society; 5. The circle of justice and later dynasties; Part II. The Law: An Outline: 6. Legal pillars of religion; 7. Contracts and other obligations; 8. Family law and succession; 9. Property and ownership; 10. Offenses; 11. Jihad; 12. Courts of justice, suits and evidence; Part III. The Sweep of Modernity: 13. The conceptual framework: an introduction; 14. The jural colonization of India and South-East Asia; 15. Hegemonic modernity: the Middle East and North Africa during the nineteenth and early twentieth century; 16. Modernizing the law in the age of nation-states; 17. In search of a legal methodology; 18. Repercussions: concluding notes.
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Table of contents
Part I. The Pre-Modern Tradition:
1. The formative period;
2. Legal theory: epistemology, language, and legal reasoning;
3. Legal education and the politics of law;
4. Law and society;
5. The circle of justice and later dynasties;
Part II. The Law: An Outline:
6. Legal pillars of religion;
7. Contracts and other obligations;
8. Family law and succession;
9. Property and ownership;
10. Offenses;
11. Jihad;
12. Courts of justice, suits and evidence;
Part III. The Sweep of Modernity:
13. The conceptual framework: an introduction;
14. The jural colonization of India and South-East Asia;
15. Hegemonic modernity: the Middle East and North Africa during the nineteenth and early twentieth century;
16. Modernizing the law in the age of nation-states;
17. In search of a legal methodology;
18. Repercussions:
concluding notes.