| Edition |
[Enhanced Credo edition] |
| Description |
1 online resource (30 entries) : 2 images ; digital files. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Ashgate research companion
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Ashgate research companion.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Summary |
This unparalleled Companion provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide to Islamic law to all with an interest in this increasingly relevant and developing field. The volume presents classical Islamic law through a historiographical introduction to and analysis of Western scholarship, while key debates about hot-button issues in modern-day circumstances are also addressed. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Local Note |
Credo Reference General Reference |
| Subject |
Islamic law.
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Islamic law. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Peters, Rudolph, editor of compilation.
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Bearman, P. J. (Peri J.), editor of compilation.
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Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
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| Added Title |
Research companion to Islamic law. |
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Companion to Islamic law. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 1409438937 9781409438939 (DLC) 2013045815 x, 345 pages : illustrations |
| ISBN |
9781409438939 hardback : alkaline paper |
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9781409438946 ebook |
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9781472403711 epub |
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9781784029180 electronic version |
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