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Authors: Ian Edge, Ian Edge
ISBN-13: 9780814721896, ISBN-10: 0814721893
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: New York University Press
Date Published: May 1996
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Ian Edge

Book Synopsis

This Major Reference series brings together a wide range of key international articles in law and legal theory. Many of these essays are not readily accessible, and their presentation in these volumes will provide a vital new resource for both research and teaching. Each volume is edited by leading international authorities who explain the significance and context of articles in an informative and complete introduction.

	Acknowledgements
	Editor's Note
	Series Preface
	Introduction: Material Available on Islamic Legal Theory in English
1	Foreign Elements in Ancient Islamic Law	3
2	The Alleged Debt of Islamic to Roman Law	13
3	Islamic and Talmudic Jurisprudence: The Four Roots of Islamic Law and their Talmudic Counterparts	35
4	Nature and Sources of Islamic Law	87
5	The Collection of the Quran	111
6	The Importance of Tradition for the Study of Islam	133
7	A Revaluation of Islamic Traditions	141
8	The Basis of Authority of Consensus in Sunnite Islam	155
9	Non-Analogical Arguments in Sunni Juridical Qiyas	205
10	Legal Logic and Equity in Islamic Law	229
11	Muslim Custom and Case Law	259
12	Interpretation in Islamic Law: The Theory of Ijtihad	273
13	Was the Gate of Ijtihad Closed?	287
14	The Development of Legal Thought in Hanafi Texts	329
15	Abu Hanifah, Champion of Liberalism and Tolerance in Islam	377
16	Al-Shafii Role in the Development of Islamic Jurisprudence	389
17	Doctrine and Practice in Islamic Law: One Aspect of the Problem	425
18	Ali in Shiah Tradition	443
19	The Shiah Doctrine of the Imamate	443
20	The Ithna Ashari-Shii Juristic Theory of Political and Legal Authority	471
21	Law as a Social Force in Islamic Culture and History	487
22	Problems of Modern Islamic Legislation	515
23	Modern Trends in Islam: Legal Reform and Modernisation in The Middle East	547
24	The Contribution of the Modernists to the Secularization of Islamic Law	569
25	Accommodation and Revolution in Imami Shii Jurisprudence: Khumayni and the Classical Tradition	585
	Name Index	603

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