Islam, Sharia and alternative dispute resolution : mechanisms for legal redress in the Muslim community /
The meanings and contexts of Shari'a are the subject of both curiosity and misunderstanding by non-Muslims. Shari'a is sometimes crudely characterised by outsiders as a punitive legal system operating broadly outside, and separate from, national laws and customs. This groundbreaking book s...
| Основен автор: | Keshavjee, Mohamed M., (Author) |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London ; New York :
I.B. Tauris,
2013.
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| Серия: |
Library of Islamic law ;
v. 6. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=607232 |
| Резюме: |
The meanings and contexts of Shari'a are the subject of both curiosity and misunderstanding by non-Muslims. Shari'a is sometimes crudely characterised by outsiders as a punitive legal system operating broadly outside, and separate from, national laws and customs. This groundbreaking book shows that Shari'a and its 'fiqh' (laws set forward by various Islamic legal schools) comprise a far more nuanced matrix of interpretations than is often assumed to be the case. Far from being monolithic or impervious to change from without, Muslim legal tradition has - since its beginnings in the early Islami. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xv, 237 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-231) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780857722386 0857722387 |