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The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law

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Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2005Description: 234p ixISBN:
  • 9780521005807
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.590000 HAL
Contents:
Table of Contents 1. The pre-Islamic Near East, Muhammad and Quranic law 2. The emergence of an Islamic legal ethic 3. The early judges, legal specialists and the search for religious authority 4. The judiciary coming of age 5. Prophetic authority and the modification of legal reasoning 6. Legal theory expounded 7. The formation of legal schools 8. Law and politics: caliphs, judges and jurists Conclusion.
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Table of Contents
1. The pre-Islamic Near East, Muhammad and Quranic law
2. The emergence of an Islamic legal ethic
3. The early judges, legal specialists and the search for religious authority
4. The judiciary coming of age
5. Prophetic authority and the modification of legal reasoning
6. Legal theory expounded
7. The formation of legal schools
8. Law and politics: caliphs, judges and jurists
Conclusion.