An Introduction to Islamic LawThis book presents a broad account of the present knowledge of the history and outlines the system of Islamic law. Showing that Islamic law is the key to understanding the essence of one of the great world religions, this book explores how it still influences the laws of contemporary Islamicstates, and is in itself a remarkable manifestation of legal thought. |
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... legal rules . It is with these last that this book is concerned . This restriction is historically and systematically justified ; it must , however , be kept in mind that the ( properly speaking ) legal subject - matter forms part of a ...
... legal rules . It is with these last that this book is concerned . This restriction is historically and systematically justified ; it must , however , be kept in mind that the ( properly speaking ) legal subject - matter forms part of a ...
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Joseph Schacht. subject - matter and positive enactments are concerned - that its study is indispensable in order to appreciate adequately the full range of possible legal phenomena . Even the two other repre- sentatives of a ' sacred law ...
Joseph Schacht. subject - matter and positive enactments are concerned - that its study is indispensable in order to appreciate adequately the full range of possible legal phenomena . Even the two other repre- sentatives of a ' sacred law ...
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... law of the legal subject - matter which , by being incor- porated into the system of religious duties of Islam , was either materially or formally , but in any case considerably , modified . This legal subject - matter became Islamic law ...
... law of the legal subject - matter which , by being incor- porated into the system of religious duties of Islam , was either materially or formally , but in any case considerably , modified . This legal subject - matter became Islamic law ...
Contents
HISTORICAL SECTION | 6 |
The First Century of Islam | 15 |
The Umayyad Administration and the First | 23 |
Copyright | |
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Abbasids administration AḤMAD āķila Algiers ancient schools applied Arabic aşaba authority become blood-money BOUSQUET BRUNSCHVIG Cairo caliph claim Code concept concerning consensus contract countervalue customary law Death debt developed dhimmi doctrine droit musulman Études evidence existence favour GOLDZIHER hadd ḥadd punishment Hanafi Hanbali hijra hiyal homicide husband Ibn Taymiyya ijtihad imām inheritance instance Iraqian Islamic law istiḥsān jurisprudence kadhf ķāḍī kaffāra khiyār Kitāb Koran Kufa law of family legal subject-matter legal thought Leiden liability mahr Maliki manumission marriage Medina MUHAMMAD Muslim niyya oath object obligation opinion Origins Ottoman owner ownership Paris parties penal law person practice principle prohibition Prophet recognized regard religious law repudiation restricted retaliation ribā right of rescission rules sacred Law SCHACHT scholars schools of law Shafi'i shari'a Shiite Shorter E.I. slave specialists stipulated sunna systematic taʼzīr theory Traditionists traditions transactions transl Umayyad unlawful intercourse usurper valid wakf wife witnesses