Beginnings of Islamic Law - Late Antique Islamicate Legal Traditions

This book is a major and innovative contribution to our understanding of the historical unfolding of Islamic law.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: genealogies of Islamic law; 1. Legal-historical beginnings - outlining late antique Islamic law; 2. Legal historiography - a case study in international law; 3. Legal-historical hybridity - tracing Islam in its Islamicate context; 4. Legal custom - a case study in ritual law; 5. Legal historicizing: moments in macro-histories; 6. Legal comparisons - a case study in family law; Conclusion.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Lena Salaymeh is Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) of Law at Tel-Aviv University. A prolific author and public speaker, she is currently writing on the secularization of Islamic law and the role of materiality in Islamic legal history.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Lena Salaymeh, Lena (Tel-Aviv University) Salaymeh, Salaymeh Lena
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781107589711
• ISBN: 978-1-107-58971-1
• Seiten: 256
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Internationales Recht, Ausländisches Recht; Islam, HISTORY / Middle East / General, RELIGION / Islam / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Islamic Studies, Islamic Law, Middle Eastern history, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Systems of law: Islamic law, LAW / Islamic, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Islamic