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A History of Islamic Law / Noel Coulson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys : NEISPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©1994Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780748605149
  • 9781474465892
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Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION. The Role of Legal History in Muslim jurisprudence -- Part One. THE GENESIS OF SHARĪ'A LAW -- CHAPTER I. QUR'ANIC LEGISLATION -- CHAPTER 2. LEGAL PRACTICE IN THE FIRST CENTURY OF ISLAM -- CHAPTER 3. JURISPRUDENCE IN EMBRYO: THE EARLY SCHOOLS OF LAW -- CHAPTER 4. MASTER ARCHITECT: MUHAMMAD IBN-IDRĪS ASH-SHĀFĪ'i -- CHAPTER 5. CONCLUDING STAGES OF GROWTH -- Part Two. LEGAL DOCTRINE AND PRACTICE IN MEDIAEVAL ISLAM -- CHAPTER 6. THE CLASSICAL THEORY OF LAW -- CHAPTER 7. UNITY AND DIVERSITY IN SHARĪ'A LAW -- CHAPTER 8. SECTARIAN LEGAL SYSTEMS IN ISLAM -- CHAPTER 9. ISLAMIC GOVERNMENT AND SHARĪ'A LAW -- CHAPTER 10. ISLAMIC SOCIETY AND SHARĪ'A LAW -- Part Three. ISLAMIC LAW IN MODERN TIMES -- CHAPTER 11. FOREIGN INFLUENCES: THE RECEPTION OF EUROPEAN LAWS -- CHAPTER 12. ADMINISTRATION OF SHARĪ'A LAW IN CONTEMPORARY ISLAM -- CHAPTER 13. TAQLĪD AND LEGAL REFORM -- CHAPTER 14. NEO-IJTIHĀD -- CONCLUSION. Religious Law and Social Progress in Contemporary Islam -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Summary: The classic introduction to Islamic law, tracing its development from its origins, through the medieval period, to its place in modern Islam.
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Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION. The Role of Legal History in Muslim jurisprudence -- Part One. THE GENESIS OF SHARĪ'A LAW -- CHAPTER I. QUR'ANIC LEGISLATION -- CHAPTER 2. LEGAL PRACTICE IN THE FIRST CENTURY OF ISLAM -- CHAPTER 3. JURISPRUDENCE IN EMBRYO: THE EARLY SCHOOLS OF LAW -- CHAPTER 4. MASTER ARCHITECT: MUHAMMAD IBN-IDRĪS ASH-SHĀFĪ'i -- CHAPTER 5. CONCLUDING STAGES OF GROWTH -- Part Two. LEGAL DOCTRINE AND PRACTICE IN MEDIAEVAL ISLAM -- CHAPTER 6. THE CLASSICAL THEORY OF LAW -- CHAPTER 7. UNITY AND DIVERSITY IN SHARĪ'A LAW -- CHAPTER 8. SECTARIAN LEGAL SYSTEMS IN ISLAM -- CHAPTER 9. ISLAMIC GOVERNMENT AND SHARĪ'A LAW -- CHAPTER 10. ISLAMIC SOCIETY AND SHARĪ'A LAW -- Part Three. ISLAMIC LAW IN MODERN TIMES -- CHAPTER 11. FOREIGN INFLUENCES: THE RECEPTION OF EUROPEAN LAWS -- CHAPTER 12. ADMINISTRATION OF SHARĪ'A LAW IN CONTEMPORARY ISLAM -- CHAPTER 13. TAQLĪD AND LEGAL REFORM -- CHAPTER 14. NEO-IJTIHĀD -- CONCLUSION. Religious Law and Social Progress in Contemporary Islam -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

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The classic introduction to Islamic law, tracing its development from its origins, through the medieval period, to its place in modern Islam.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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