Shari'a: Islamic Law in the Contemporary Context »

Frank Griffel is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Yale University. Abbas Amanat is Professor of History and International and Area Studies at Yale University.

A survey and analysis of what Shari’a, or Islamic law, means for Muslims today.

Preface     vii
Introduction   Frank Griffel     1
Justice in Modern Islamic Thought   Gudrun Kramer     20
The Harmony of Natural Law and Shari'a in Islamist Theology   Frank Griffel     38
Islamic Law and Legal Change: The Concept of Maslaha in Classical and Contemporary Islamic Legal Theory   Felicitas Opwis     62
'Allal al-Fasi: Shari'a as Blueprint for Righteous Global Citizenship?   David L. Johnston     83
Shari'a and Islamic Democracy in the Age of al-Jazeera   Noah Feldman     104
From ijtihad to wilayat-i faqih: The Evolution of the Shiite Legal Authority to Political Power   Abbas Amanat     120
Shiite Theories of Social Contract   Shahrough AKhavi     137
Shari'a and Constitution in Iran: A Historical Perspective   Said Amir Arjomand     156
The Normativity of the Factual: On the Everyday Construction of Shari'a in a Yemeni Family Court   Anna Wurth     165
Afterword   Roy P. Mottahedeh     178
Notes     183
About the Authors     237
Index     243