Ebu's-su'ud / / Colin Imber.
The Jurist Ebu's-su`ud (c1490-1574) occupies a key position in the history of Islamic Law. He was a scholar who, for forty years, occupied successfully the senior judicial positions in the Ottoman Empire. Confronting the problem of reconciling classical Islamic jurisprudence with the day-to-day...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©1997 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I The Historical and Legal Background
- Chapter 1 The Ottoman Empire, the Law and Ebu's-su'ud
- Chapter 2 The Law: shari'a and qanun
- Part II The Sources of Legal Authority: The Holy Law and the Ottoman Sultan
- Chapter 3 The Sultan and Legal Sovereignty
- Chapter 4 The Caliphate
- Part III The Law in Detail
- Chapter 5 Land Tenure and Taxation
- Chapter 6 Trusts in Mortmain
- Chapter 7 Marriage and its Dissolution
- Chapter 8 Crimes and Torts: Offences against Property
- Chapter 9 Crimes and Torts: Offences against the Person
- Conclusion
- English Equivalents of Legal and Technical Terms
- Glossary
- Index