Modern perspectives on Islamic law

This well-informed book explains, reflects on and analyses Islamic law, not only in the classical legal tradition of Shari'a, but also its modern, contemporary context. The book explores the role for Islamic law in secular Western nations and reflects on the legal system of Islam in its classic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Black, E. Ann, autor (autor), Esmaeili, Hossein, autor, Hosen, Nadirsyah, autor
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar [2013]
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991006793859706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The nature of law, and its relationship with religion, in Islam
  • Islamic law and institutions
  • Seeing a Western nation through Muslim eyes: citizenship and the Sharia in modern nation-states
  • Fatwa and muftis
  • Islamic family law
  • Mediation, arbitration and Islamic alternative dispute resolution
  • Islamic law and economics
  • Property rights, inheritance law and trusts (waqf)
  • Islamic criminal law
  • Contemporary debates on and within Islam