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This volume provides a comprehensive survey of the contemporary study of Islamic law and a critical analysis of its deficiencies. Written by outstanding senior and emerging scholars in their fields, it offers an innovative historiographical examination of the field of Islamic law and an ideal introduction to key personalities and concepts.
While capturing the state of contemporary Islamic legal studies by chronicling how far the field has come, the Handbook also explains why certain debates recur and indicates fundamental gaps in our knowledge. Each chapter presents bold new avenues for research and will help readers appreciate the contested nature of key concepts and topics in Islamic law. This Handbook will be a major reference work for scholars and students of Islam and Islamic law for years to come.
About the author
Anver M. Emon is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Religion, Pluralism, and the Rule of Law at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Religious Pluralism and Islamic Law (OUP 2014), co-editor of the Oxford Islamic Legal Studies series, and founding editor of the journal Middle East Law and Governance.
Rumee Ahmed is Associate Professor of Islamic Law and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts at the University of British Columbia.
Summary
A comprehensive guide to Islamic legal scholarship, this Handbook offers a direct and accessible introduction to Islamic law and the academic debates within the field. Topics include textual sources and authority, institutions, substantive legal areas, Islamic legal philosophy, and Islamic law in the Muslim World and in Muslim minority countries.
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This handbook is clearly set to be a major modern reference work for scholars and students of Islam and Islamic law for years to come ... The two North American Professors are to be thanked for producing over a 1,000-pages of scholarship which will help those who "regularly confront artificial limits imposed by the disciplinary formation (s) of Islamic legal studies". We are fortunate, indeed, to have this new work available to us.
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The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Law provides an innovative historiographical examination of a wide range of topics in the areas of Islamic Law and Islamic Legal Studies. ... Its comprehensive nature and structure, where for the first time such diverse topics that encompass Islamic Law have been included in one volume, make it unique. ... The Handbook is most suited to postgraduate students, scholars and academics who wish for a comprehensive and authoritative guide to research in this area. Sairah Narmah-Alqasim, The Law Teacher
