History of Islamic Law

History of Islamic Law
Author: Noel Coulson
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2014-03-11
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0748696490


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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.


History of Islamic Law
Language: en
Pages: 280
Authors: Noel Coulson
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-03-11 - Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

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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.
The Spirit of Islamic Law
Language: en
Pages: 233
Authors: Bernard G. Weiss
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: University of Georgia Press

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Focuses on a Muslim legal science known in Arabic as usul al-fiqh. Whereas the kindred science of fiqh is concerned with the articulation of actual rules of law
Between God and the Sultan
Language: en
Pages: 406
Authors: Knut S. Vikør
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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The contrast between religion and law has been continuous throughout Muslim history. Islamic law has always existed in a tension between these two forces: God,
A History of Islamic Law
Language: en
Pages: 274
Authors: N. Coulson
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-07-12 - Publisher: Routledge

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Lawyers, according to Edmund Burke, are bad historians. He was referring to an unwillingness, rather than an inaptitude, on the part of early nineteenth-century
Legal Documents as Sources for the History of Muslim Societies
Language: en
Pages: 331
Authors:
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-06-06 - Publisher: BRILL

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This volume is a tribute to the work of legal and social historian and Arabist Rudolph Peters (University of Amsterdam). Presenting case studies from different