Religious Pluralism and Islamic Law - Dhimmis and Others in the Empire of Law

Zusatztext This book is a major contribution to the recent debates on Shari'a! rule of law and pluralism...Emon offers a groundbreaking study of Shari'a as unavoidably embedded in an 'enterprise of governance'. Comparing the legal debates on the dhimmis with recent legal debates on Islam and Islamic law in the West! the author shows that despite claims about freedom and liberty! legal systems cannot avoid being hegemonic against minorities. Informationen zum Autor Anver M. Emon is Professor of Law at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Law. Emon's research focuses on premodern and modern Islamic legal history and theory; premodern modes of governance and adjudication; and the role of Shari'a both inside and outside the Muslim world. The author of Islamic Natural Law Theories (OUP 2010) and Natural Law: A Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Trialogue (with M Levering and D Novak, OUP 2014), Professor Emon is the founding editor of Middle East Law and Governance: An Interdisciplinary Journal, and one of the general editors of the Oxford Islamic Legal Studies series. Klappentext Analysing the rules governing the treatment of foreigners in Islam and situating them in their historical! political! and legal context! this book sets out a new framework for understanding these rules as part of a wider problem of governing through law amidst pluralism. Zusammenfassung Analysing the rules governing the treatment of foreigners in Islam and situating them in their historical, political, and legal context, this book sets out a new framework for understanding these rules as part of a wider problem of governing through law amidst pluralism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Dhimmis, Shari'a, and Empire 2: Reason, Contract, and the Obligation to Obey 3: Pluralism, Dhimmi Rules, and the Regulation of Difference 4: The Rationale of Empire and the Hegemony of Law 5: Shari'a as Rule of Law 6: The Dhimmi Rules in the Post-Colonial Muslim State 7: Religious Minorities and the Empire of the Law Conclusion ...

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• Authors: Anver M. Emon, Anver M. (Professor Emon, Professor Anver M (Associate Professor Emon, Emon Anver M.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.07.2014
• EAN: 9780198722021
• ISBN: 978-0-19-872202-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Oxford Islamic Legal Studies; Print on demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Islam, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, RELIGION / Islam / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Islamic Studies, Islamic Law, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Systems of law: Islamic law, Law & society, LAW / Islamic, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Law and society, sociology of law