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Author:   Mashood A. Baderin ,  Professor Mashood A. Baderin
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   3.100kg
ISBN:  

9780754628781

ISBN 10:   0754628787
Pages:   600
Publication Date:   20 May 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; Further reading. Part I Nature of Islamic Law: Islamic law: an overview of its origin and elements, Irshad Abdal-Haqq; Islamic law as Islamic ethics, A. Kevin Reinhart; Understanding Islamic law in theory and practice, Mashood A. Baderin. Part II Sources of Islamic Law: Groundwork of the moral law: a new look at the Qur’ān and the genesis of SharÄ«Ê»a, Wael B. Hallaq; Law in the Qur’ān - a draft code, Tahir Mahmood; Some reflections on the contextualist approach to ethico-legal texts of the Qur’an, Abdullah Saeed; A revaluation of Islamic traditions, Joseph Schacht; On the origins of ShÄ«Ê»i ḤadÄ«th, Ron P. Buckley; The role of culture in the creation of Islamic law, John Hursh. Part III Methods of Islamic Law: Al-Shāfiʻī’s role in the development of Islamic jurisprudence, Ahmad Hasan; The concept of Ijmāʻ in Islamic law: a comparative study, Rahimin Affandi Abd Rahim; Non-analogical arguments in Sunni juridical qiyās’, Wael B. Hallaq; ’Illa and qiyās in early Islamic legal theory, Nabil Shehaby. Part IV Principles of Islamic Law: The maslaha (public interest) and ’illa (cause) in Islamic law, Majid Khadduri; Maá¹£laḥa in contemporary Islamic legal theory, Felicitas Opwis; Legal logic and equity in Islamic law, John Makdisi; Maqāṣid al-SharÄ«Ê»ah: the objectives of Islamic law, Mohammad Hashim Kamali; Cut and paste in legal rules: designing Islamic norms with talfÄ«q’, Birgit Krawietz; Muslim custom and case-law, Noel James Coulson; QawaÊ»id al-Fiqh: the legal maxims of Islamic law, Mohammad Hashim Kamali. Part V Legal Reasoning (Ijtihād): Interpretation in Islamic law: the theory of ijtihād, Bernard Weiss; The closing of the door of ijtihād and the application of the law, Frank E. Vogel; A critical analysis of the role of ijtihād in legal reforms in the Muslim world, Rachel Anne Codd; Ijtihād in contemporary ShiÊ»ism: transition from individual-oriented to society-oriented, Hamid Mavani. Name index.

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Mashood A. Baderin is Professor of Law at the School of Law, SOAS, University of London, UK. Irshad Abdal-Haqq, A. Kevin Reinhart, Mashood A. Baderin, Wael B. Hallaq, Tahir Mahmood, Abdullah Saeed, Joseph Schacht, Ron P. Buckley, John Hursh, Ahmad Hasan, Rahimin Affandi Abd Rahim, Nabil Shehaby, Majid Khadduri, Felicitas Opwis, John Makdisi, Mohammad Hashim Kamali, Birgit Krawietz, Noel James Coulson, Bernard Weiss, Frank E. Vogel, Rachel Anne Codd, Hamid Mavani

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