A History of Islamic Law

TITLE PAGE......Page 1
FOREWORD......Page 2
CONTENTS......Page 3
INTRODUCTION The Role of Legal History in Muslim Jurisprudence......Page 4
1. QUR'ANIC LEGISLATION......Page 8
2. LEGAL PRACTICE IN THE FIRST CENTURY OF ISLAM......Page 14
3. JURISPRUDENCE IN EMBRYO: THE EARLY SCHOOLS OF LAW......Page 22
4. MASTER ARCHITECT: MUHAMMAD IBN-IDRIS ASH-SHAFI'I......Page 30
5. CONCLUDING STAGES OF GROWTH......Page 35
6. THE CLASSICAL THEORY OF LAW......Page 41
7. UNITY AND DIVERSITY IN SHARI'A LAW......Page 47
8. SECTARIAN LEGAL SYSTEMS IN ISLAM......Page 55
9. ISLAMIC GOVERNMENT AND SHARI'A LAW......Page 64
10. ISLAMIC SOCIETY AND SHARI'A LAW......Page 71
11. FOREIGN INFLUENCES: THE RECEPTION OF EUROPEAN LAWS......Page 78
12. ADMINISTRATION OF SHARI'A LAW IN CONTEMPORARY ISLAM......Page 85
13. TAQLID AND LEGAL REFORM......Page 95
14. NEO-IJTIHAD......Page 105
CONCLUSION Religious Law and Social Progress in Contemporary Islam......Page 113
LEGAL PRACTICE IN THE FIRST CENTURY OF ISLAM......Page 117
UNITY AND DIVERSITY IN SHARI'A LAW......Page 118
ISLAMIC SOCIETY AND SHARI'A LAW......Page 119
SHARI'A LAW IN CONTEMPORARY ISLAM......Page 120
GLOSSARY of Arabic legal terms appearing in the text......Page 121
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 125
INDEX......Page 128