"The papers in this collection were originally presented at a conference entitled 'Islamic law : theory and practice' held at Ashburne Hall, University of Manchester in June 1995" -- introd. Includes bibliographical references: (p. 232-244) and indexes.
Contents:
Introduction / Robert Gleave -- Pt. 1. Legal Theory. 1. Ijtihad et Histoire en islam sunnite classique selon quelques juristes et theologiens / Eric Chaumont. 2. Akhbari Shi'i usul al fiqh and the Juristic Theory of Yusuf al-Bahrani / Robert Gleave -- Pt. 2. Ifta', Fatwas and Muftis. 3. Rules, Judicial Discretion and the Rule of Law in Nasrid Granada: An Analysis of al-Hadiqa al-mustaqilla al nudra fi al-fatawa al-sadira 'an 'ulama' al-hadra / Mohammad Fadel. 4. Kafa'a in the Maliki School: A fatwa from Fifteenth-Century Fez / Amalia Zomeno. 5. Water Rights and Irrigation Practices in the Medieval Maghrib / Patricia Kabra. 6. Ijtihad in Ibn Taymiyya's Fatawa / Benjamin Jokisch -- Pt. 3. Minorities under Islamic Law. 7. Ebu's Su'ud's Definition of Church vaks: Theory and Practice in Ottoman Law / Engenia Kermeli. 8. Halakha, Shari'a and Custom: A Legal Saga from Highland Yemen, 1990-1940 / Isaac Hollander -- Pt. 4. Modern Islamic Law. 9. Darura in Modern Islamic Law: The Case of Organ Transplantation / Birgit Krawietz. 10. Family Law in Algeria before and after the 1404/1984 Family Code / Ruth Mitchell. 11. Qadis and the Implementation of Islamic Law in Present Day Israel / Yitzhak Reiter.
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