The Ashgate research companion to Islamic law / edited by Rudolph Peters, University of Amsterdam and Peri Bearman, Harvard University, USA.

Other author Peters, Rudolph.
Other author Bearman, P. J. (Peri J.)
Format Electronic
Publication InfoFarnham, Surrey, UK, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2014]
Descriptionx, 345 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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Subjects
Islamic law.

SeriesAshgate research companion
Contents Introduction : the nature of the sharia / Rudolph Peters and Peri Bearman -- The origins of the sharia / Knut S. Vikor -- The divine sources / Herbert Berg -- The schools of law? / Paul R. Powers -- Deriving rules of law / Robert Gleave -- The judge and the mufti / Brinkley Messick -- State and sharia / Mohammad Fadel -- Qanun and sharia / Bogac Ergene -- Equality before the law / Gianluca P. Parolin -- Gender relations / Christina Jones-Pauly -- Socio-economic justice / Hiroyuki Yanagihashi -- Public order / Christian R. Lange -- Constitutional authority / Andrew F. March -- War and peace / Sohail H. Hashmi -- Sharia and the colonial state / Léon Buskens -- Sharia and the nation state / Maurits S. Berger -- The re-Islamization of legal systems / Martin Lau -- Sharia and finance / Abdullah Saeed -- Sharia and the Muslim diaspora / Mathias Rohe -- Sharia and modernity / Kristine Kalanges -- Sharia and medical ethics / Birgit Krawietz -- The normative relevance of sharia in the modern context / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im .
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
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LCCN 2013045815
ISBN9781409438939 (hbk.)
ISBN1409438937 (hbk.)