Islamic Imperial Law : : Harun-Al-Rashid's Codification Project / / Benjamin Jokisch.

Despite the historical and contemporary significance of the Sharia, it has not yet been possible to solve the puzzle of its origins. Whereas previous research has postulated a greater or lesser degree of endogenous Islamic development, the present study reaches a different conclusion, namely that at...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011]
©2007
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients : Beihefte zur Zeitschrift “Der Islam” , N.F. 19
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Physical Description:1 online resource (757 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • I-IV
  • Foreword
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Origins of Islamic Law
  • Preliminaries
  • Chapter 1: Special Indicators of Reception
  • Chapter 2: Circumstances of Reception
  • Chapter 3: Comparative Analysis
  • Part II. Islamic Imperial Law
  • Preliminaries
  • Chapter 4: Ideological Basis
  • Chapter 5: Codification and Dissemination
  • Part III. From Imperial to Jurists' Law
  • Preliminaries
  • Chapter 6: The Byzantine Factor
  • Chapter 7: The Origins of Uṣūl al-fiqh
  • Chapter 8: The Islamic Organon
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: Cases
  • Appendix 2: Judges
  • Appendix 3: Terms
  • Abbreviations
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Persons