A History of Islamic Law / / Noel Coulson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Coulson, Noel,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys : NEIS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; FOREWORD --; CONTENTS --; INTRODUCTION. The Role of Legal History in Muslim jurisprudence --; Part One. THE GENESIS OF SHARĪ'A LAW --; CHAPTER I. QUR'ANIC LEGISLATION --; CHAPTER 2. LEGAL PRACTICE IN THE FIRST CENTURY OF ISLAM --; CHAPTER 3. JURISPRUDENCE IN EMBRYO: THE EARLY SCHOOLS OF LAW --; CHAPTER 4. MASTER ARCHITECT: MUHAMMAD IBN-IDRĪS ASH-SHĀFĪ'i --; CHAPTER 5. CONCLUDING STAGES OF GROWTH --; Part Two. LEGAL DOCTRINE AND PRACTICE IN MEDIAEVAL ISLAM --; CHAPTER 6. THE CLASSICAL THEORY OF LAW --; CHAPTER 7. UNITY AND DIVERSITY IN SHARĪ'A LAW --; CHAPTER 8. SECTARIAN LEGAL SYSTEMS IN ISLAM --; CHAPTER 9. ISLAMIC GOVERNMENT AND SHARĪ'A LAW --; CHAPTER 10. ISLAMIC SOCIETY AND SHARĪ'A LAW --; Part Three. ISLAMIC LAW IN MODERN TIMES --; CHAPTER 11. FOREIGN INFLUENCES: THE RECEPTION OF EUROPEAN LAWS --; CHAPTER 12. ADMINISTRATION OF SHARĪ'A LAW IN CONTEMPORARY ISLAM --; CHAPTER 13. TAQLĪD AND LEGAL REFORM --; CHAPTER 14. NEO-IJTIHĀD --; CONCLUSION. Religious Law and Social Progress in Contemporary Islam --; NOTES --; GLOSSARY --; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474465892; 9783110780475
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474465892
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Noel Coulson.

The classic introduction to Islamic law, tracing its development from its origins, through the medieval period, to its place in modern Islam.