The author begins by choosing five areas of Islamic law for analysis: the Sultan and legal sovereignty; land tenure and taxation; trusts in mortmain; marriage and the family; and crimes and torts. In each of these areas, he lays out the most important rules and concepts in the Islamic juristic tradition, and then gives his translations of a selection of Ebu's-suud's writings on the topic in question, with a brief analysis. From these materials, the author suggests that readers draw their own conclusions as to whether Ebu's-suud did indeed reconcile Ottoman secular legal practice with the sacred law.
The author begins by choosing five areas of Islamic law for analysis: the Sultan and legal sovereignty; land tenure and taxation; trusts in mortmain; marriage and the family; and crimes and torts. In each of these areas, he lays out the most important rules and concepts in the Islamic juristic tradition, and then gives his translations of a selection of Ebu's-suud's writings on the topic in question, with a brief analysis. From these materials, the author suggests that readers draw their own conclusions as to whether Ebu's-suud did indeed reconcile Ottoman secular legal practice with the sacred law.
Ebu's-su`ud: The Islamic Legal Tradition
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Ebu's-su`ud: The Islamic Legal Tradition
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780804760997 |
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| Publisher: | Stanford University Press |
| Publication date: | 01/15/2009 |
| Series: | Jurists: Profiles in Legal Theory |
| Pages: | 304 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d) |