Shari'a : Islamic law in the contemporary context / edited by Abbas Amanat and Frank Griffel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Amanat, Abbas.

Griffel, Frank, 1965-

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic law--Interpretation and construction.

Islamic law.

Physical Description:

viii, 249 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

A survey and analysis of what Shari'a, or Islamic law, means for Muslims today.

Contents:

Justice in modern Islamic thought / Gudrun Krämer

The harmony of natural law and Shari'a in Islamist theology / Frank Griffel

Islamic law and legal change : the concept of maṣlaḥa in classical and contemporary legal theory / Felicitas Opwis

ʻAllāl al-Fāsī : Shari'a as blueprint for righteous global citizenship? / David L. Johnston

Shari'a and Islamic democracy in the age of al-Jazeera / Noah Feldman

From ijtihād to wilāyat-i faqīh : the evolution of the Shiite legal authority to political power / Abbas Amanat

Shiite theories of social contract / Shahrough Akhavi

Shari'a and constitution in Iran : a historical perspective / Saïd Amir Arjomand

The normativity of the factual : on the everyday construction of Shari'a in a Yemeni family court / Anna Würth.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-236) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

ISBN:

9780804756396

0804756392

OCLC:

122425198