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Argues for the compatibility human rights and Islam, focusing on six controversial case studies: religious discrimination; gender discrimination; slavery; freedom of religion; punishment of apostasy; and arbitrary or harsh punishments.
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This survey of Islamic Law combines Western and Islamic views and describes the relationship between the original theories of Islamic law and the views of contemporary Islamic writers.
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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.
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James E. Baldwin examines how the interplay of these two conceptions of Islamic law – religious scholarship and royal justice – undergirded legal practice in Cairo, the largest and richest city in the Ottoman provinces.
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Traces the emergence and development of the idea of literal meaning in Islamic legal hermeneutics
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Susan Hirsch's observations of Islamic courts uncover how Muslim women actively use legal processes to transform their domestic lives. This achieves victories on some fronts, but also reinforces their image as subordinate to men through the speech they produce in court.
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Navigating a complex landscape between private and public domains, this book lays important groundwork for understanding the... Læs mere
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The Second Formation of Islamic Law is the first book to deal with the rise of an official school of law in the Ottoman Empire and argues that some of the supposedly nineteenth-century developments, such as the codification of Islamic law, are rooted in much earlier centuries.
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In response to the challenges of maintaining religious identity in the West, modern Islamic jurists developed the fiqh al-aqalliyyat doctrine of... Læs mere
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Using a variety of historical sources and methodological approaches, this book presents the first large-scale study of single men and women in the Roman world, from the Roman Republic to Late Antiquity and covering virtually all periods of the ancient Mediterranean.
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Wael Hallaq's magisterial overview of Shari'a examines the doctrines and practices of Islamic law from the seventh century to the present. In a compelling... Læs mere
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Centered on legal discourses of the first six centuries of Islam, this book provides a detailed analysis of Islamic scholarly writings on... Læs mere