Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.Description: viii, 249 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780804756396 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0804756392 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • KBP 440.3 SHA 22
LOC classification:
  • KBP440.3 SHA
Online resources:
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 Islamic 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.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Books JST Library General Stacks KBP<br>Islamic law KBP 440.3 SHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Donated by Fr. Daniel Madigan SJ, 108450
Total holds: 0

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

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 Islamic 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.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.