Islamic Natural Law Theories

Zusatztext The crystal clarity with which Emon guides his reader through the developments is one of the book's great virtues. Informationen zum Autor Anver M. Emon is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, where he specializes in Islamic law and history. Professor Emon's research focus is on premodern and modern Islamic law and legal theory, premodern modes of governance and adjudication, and the role of Shari'a both inside and outside the Muslim world. He is the founding editor of Middle East Law and Governance: An Interdisciplinary Journal, and lectures widely about the intersection between rule of law, governance, and Shari'a. Klappentext 0 Zusammenfassung This book offers the first sustained jurisprudential inquiry into Islamic natural law theory. It introduces readers to the central figures in the Islamic natural law tradition and their canonical works, analyses the historical development of Islamic jurisprudence and explains the major contrasts with Western traditions of natural law. Inhaltsverzeichnis I: Introduction II: Hard Natural Law III: The Voluntarist Critique of Hard Natural Law IV: Soft Natural Law V: Conclusion

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• Authors: Anver M. Emon, Anver M. (Assistant Professor At the Faculty Emon, Anver M. (Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law Emon, Emon Anver M.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.04.2010
• EAN: 9780199579006
• ISBN: 978-0-19-957900-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; PHILOSOPHY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, LAW / Comparative, Islamic Law, comparative law, Systems of law: Islamic law, LAW / Islamic, Islamic & Arabic philosophy, Islamic and Arab philosophy, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law