TY  - BOOK
AU  - Coulson,Noel
TI  - A History of Islamic Law
T2  - The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys : NEIS
SN  - 9780748605149
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Edinburgh : 
PB  - Edinburgh University Press, 
KW  - Islamic law
KW  - History
KW  - Islamic Studies
KW  - RELIGION / Islam / Law
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - The classic introduction to Islamic law, tracing its development from its origins, through the medieval period, to its place in modern Islam
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474465892
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474465892
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781474465892/original
ER  -