What is the sharia? / Baudoin Dupret ; [translated by David Bond].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dupret, Baudouin, author.

Contributor:

Bond, David (Translator), translator.

Standardized Title:

Charia. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Islamic law--Popular works.

Islamic law.

Genre:

Popular works.

Physical Description:

ix, 246 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London : C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, published in association with the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC), 2018.

Summary:

In the West, 'sharia' often calls to mind antiquated laws founded upon gender discrimination and barbaric punishments. In the East, for some it means the ideal standards by which Muslims strive to live; for others, it is the greatest obstacle to modernisation of their societies. These clashing views sometimes lead to violence. Clarification of the term has therefore become an urgent necessity. Sharia is all of these things and much more. It is the legal system of Islam, a series of guidelines and prohibitions. But it is also a concept invested with a whole range of meanings, from the virtuous attributes of an 'ideal' society, to the confinement of particular elements to otherness and adversity. Moving through history, society and Islamic thought to explore the sources of sharia law, Baudouin Dupret gets to the heart of its uses and abuses in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.-- Publisher's website.

Contents:

Introduction

A concept and its contexts

Exploring the sources of the divine law : the Quran

The sources of the divine norm : prophetic tradition

Access to sharia : consensus and analogical reasoning

A survey of doctrine

Practices and institutions of justice

The invention of Islamic law

Sharia in contemporary legal systems

The sharia : political uses and constitutional renderings

Sharia in countries where Islam is in a minority

Conclusion.

Notes:

First published in French as: La charia : des sources à la pratique. [Paris] : Éditions La Découverte, 2014.

Translator from translation copyright statement.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781849048170

1849048177

OCLC:

1032267693

Publisher Number:

99977307236