Islamic Law and Culture, 1600-1840 / / Haim Gerber.

• Superior document: Studies in Islamic Law and Society Series ; v.9
• VerfasserIn: Gerber, Haim,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : BRILL Academic Publishers,, 2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Islamic Law and Society Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

A re-examination of the methodological structure of Islamic law and its relations with the political field. It poses the question of whether Islamic law was increasingly closed and rigid. Such closure in fact never took place. Flexibility remained extant via terms such as ijtihad, istihsan and 'urf.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Historical Background -- Chapter Two: Islamic Law and the World of Social Practice -- Al-Ramlī and the Application of the Shariʿa -- Chapter Three: Islamic Law and the State -- The Sultan -- State Institutions -- The Legal Position of the Ottoman Şeyhülislam -- Limitations on the Power of the State -- Relations with other Madhhabs -- Chapter Four: Ijtihad -- Ijtihād and ikhtilāf -- Chapter Five: Istiḥsān and other types of Innovation -- Istiḥsān-Judicial preference -- Innovations -- Chapter Six: ʿUrf (Custom)-The Practical Secularization of Islamic Law -- Chapter Seven: The Structure of the Legal Argument -- The Problem of Deterioration of the Times (fasād al-zamān) -- Islamic Law-Sacred and Profane -- A Note on General Rules in Islamic Law -- Summary and Conclusion -- Islamic Law and Modern Western Law -- Islamic Law, Civil Society, Capitalist Development and Democracy -- Bibliography -- Index.