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Between God and the Sultan A History of Islamic Law

by: Vikør, Knut S.

Between God and the Sultan A History of Islamic Law

by: Vikør, Knut S.

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Copyright: 01/05/2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

Knut S. Vikor is associate professor of history and director of the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Bergen, Norway.

1 Introduction: Does Islamic Law Exist?

(19)

Where is the Islamic law?

(8)

The methods for studying Islamic law

(8)

Part I. THE THEORY OF THE LAW

2 From Practice to Method

(11)

Law or tradition

(6)

Al-Shafici

(4)

3 The Koran and Sunna as Sources

(22)

Four sources or three levels

(1)

The Koran

(6)

Hadith

(9)

Contradictions between Koran and hadith

(6)

4 Elaborating the Sources: Qiyas and Ijtihad

(20)

Iftihad

(1)

Qiyas

(4)

cIlla

(6)

How did the qiyas methodology arise?

(1)

Istibsan: to ignore a qiyas rule

(5)

The cilia and hukm become the rule

(3)

5 Getting Social Sanction: Ijmac and Authorization

(16)

Ijmac

(4)

How is ijmd established?

(7)

Ijma and the revealed Texts

(2)

Sheifici's model

(2)

Part II. THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW

6 The Four Schools of Law

(25)

Putting the law in writing

(5)

The schools

(10)

Four consensuses

104

(6)

What the dates mean

110

(4)

7 Law Beyond the Four Schools

114

(26)

'Proto-Sunni' currents

114

(6)

Ibadism

120

(1)

Shicism

121

(8)

The principles of Shici law

129

(11)

8 The Court and the Law: the Muftis and Legal Development

140

(28)

Fatwas

141

(2)

The mufti, the state and the courts

143

(4)

The process of ifta

147

(4)

From ijtihad to fatwa

151

(5)

Taglid and the rules of the school

156

(5)

Manuals and supplementary works

161

(4)

Other sources for legal practice

165

(3)

9 The Court and its Judge: the Role of the Qadi

168

(17)

Competence and organization

170

(3)

Standard procedure

173

(7)

Practices of the court

180

(5)

Part III. THE HISTORY OF THE LAW

10 The Court and the State

185

(21)

Non-Sharica courts: Mazalim and shurta

189

(6)

Hisba and the muhtasib

195

(3)

Sharica and siyasa courts

198

(8)

11 Law and Courts in the Ottoman Empire

206

(16)

Kanun and Sharita

207

(2)

The qadis

209

(3)

The muftis and the seyhül-islam

212

(5)

Ottoman law in the provinces: Tunisia

217

(5)

12 Islamic Law in the Modern Period

222

(32)

Changes after 1800

222

(6)

From kanun to national laws

228

(1)

Reforms in the Ottoman empire

229

(2)

Egypt

231

(11)

Algeria

242

(4)

Africa: Islamic law in British colonies

246

(4)

Traditional states in a modern world

250

(4)

13 Implementing the Sharica'

254

(26)

Islamism

257

(7)

Sharica in practice today: Saudi Arabia

264

(5)

Iran

269

(4)

Sudan

273

(5)

Sharica through siyasa

278

(2)

Part IV. SOME AREAS OF THE LAW

14 Criminal Law

280

(19)

The field of the law

280

(2)

Hudad

282

(5)

Murder and blood money

287

(4)

Apostasy

291

(5)

Methods of punishment

296

(3)

15 Family Law

299

(27)

Marriage

300

(9)

Divorce

309

(7)

Children

316

(2)

Inheritance

318

(3)

Modern adaptations

321

(5)

16 Economy, taxes and property

326

(19)

Islamic banking

328

(4)

Taxes

332

(7)

Waqf

339

(6)

Conclusion

345

(4)

Glossary

349

(14)

Bibliography

363

(18)

Index

381

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Between God and the Sultan A History of Islamic Law

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0195223977

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