Islamic law in past and present / / Mathias Rohe ; translated by Gwendolin Goldbloom.

• Superior document: Themes in Islamic Studies, Volume 8
• VerfasserIn: Rohe, Mathias, 1959-
• TeilnehmendeR: Goldbloom, Gwendolin,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Koninklijke Brill,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Themes in Islamic studies ; 8.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (676 pages)

Islamic Law in Past and Present , written by the lawyer and Islamicist Mathias Rohe, is the first comprehensive study for decades on Islamic law, legal theory, reform mechanisms and the application of Islamic law in Islamic countries and the Muslim diaspora. It provides information based on an abundance of Oriental and Western sources regarding family and inheritance law, contract and economic law, penal law, constitutional, administrative and international law. The present situation and ‘law in action’ are highlighted particularly. This includes examples collected during field studies on the application of Islamic law in India, Canada and Germany.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- About This Book -- ‘Sharia’ and Law -- The Origins of the Islamic State and Its Legal System -- The Development of the Dogmatics of Islamic Law -- Judgments and Opinions -- Overview of the Areas Governed by Classical Islamic Law -- Further Development and Upheaval from the Thirteenth/Nineteenth Century Onwards -- Methods for Further Development and Examples of Practical Application -- Core Areas of Modern Islamic Law -- Introduction -- India: An Example of a Territory Previously under Muslim Rule -- Canada: An Example of a Typical Immigration Country -- Germany (Also Taking into Account Other European Countries) -- Between Secularisation and Re-Islamisation -- Conclusion: The Search for New Approaches -- The Structure of the Kitāb al-mabsūṭ fī l-furūʿ by the Hanafite Jurist al-Sarakhsī (d. 483/1090) -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index of Persons and Terms.