Islamic legal revival : reception of European law and transformations in Islamic legal thought in Egypt, 1875-1952 / Leonard Wood.
2016
KRM469 .W66 2016 (Mapit)
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Islamic legal revival : reception of European law and transformations in Islamic legal thought in Egypt, 1875-1952 / Leonard Wood.
Imprint
Oxford : Oxford University Press 2016.
Copyright
©2016.
Description
xvi, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
Oxford Islamic legal studies.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
The reception of European law in political and social context
Early Islamic legal revivalism and national complacency
The Sharia bar association journal and the Islamic turn
Foreign interventions in Islamic law
The long arms of legal thought from Algeria, France, and Germany
The comparativist program for Islamic legal reform
Education and scholarship in Franco-Egyptian and French law before 1923
Education and scholarship in Islamic law, 1868-1923
The flourishing of advanced studies after 1923
The origins of "general theory" in Islamic legal thought
Epilogue
Conclusion.
The reception of European law in political and social context
Early Islamic legal revivalism and national complacency
The Sharia bar association journal and the Islamic turn
Foreign interventions in Islamic law
The long arms of legal thought from Algeria, France, and Germany
The comparativist program for Islamic legal reform
Education and scholarship in Franco-Egyptian and French law before 1923
Education and scholarship in Islamic law, 1868-1923
The flourishing of advanced studies after 1923
The origins of "general theory" in Islamic legal thought
Epilogue
Conclusion.
Summary
In this meticulously researched volume, Leonard Wood presents his ground breaking history of Islamic revivalist thought in Islamic law. 'Islamic Legal Revival: Reception of European Law and Transformations in Islamic Legal Thought in Egypt, 1879-1952' brings to life the tumultuous history of colonial interventions in Islamic legal consciousness during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It tells the story of the rapid displacement of local Egyptian and Islamic law by transplanted European codes and details the evolution of resultant movements to revive Islamic law. Islamic legal revivalist movements strove to develop a modern version of Islamic law that could be codified and would replace newly imposed European laws. Wood explains in unparalleled depth and with nuance how cutting-edge trends in European legal scholarship inspired influential revivalists and informed their methods in legal thought. Timely and provocative, Islamic Legal Revival tells of the rich achievements of legal experts in Egypt who disrupted tradition in Islamic jurisprudence and created new approaches to Islamic law that were distinctively responsive to demands of the contemporary world. The story told bears important implications for understandings of Egyptian history, Islamic legal history, comparative law, and deeply contested and highly transformative interactions between European and Islamic thought.
Note
In this meticulously researched volume, Leonard Wood presents his ground breaking history of Islamic revivalist thought in Islamic law. 'Islamic Legal Revival: Reception of European Law and Transformations in Islamic Legal Thought in Egypt, 1879-1952' brings to life the tumultuous history of colonial interventions in Islamic legal consciousness during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It tells the story of the rapid displacement of local Egyptian and Islamic law by transplanted European codes and details the evolution of resultant movements to revive Islamic law. Islamic legal revivalist movements strove to develop a modern version of Islamic law that could be codified and would replace newly imposed European laws. Wood explains in unparalleled depth and with nuance how cutting-edge trends in European legal scholarship inspired influential revivalists and informed their methods in legal thought. Timely and provocative, Islamic Legal Revival tells of the rich achievements of legal experts in Egypt who disrupted tradition in Islamic jurisprudence and created new approaches to Islamic law that were distinctively responsive to demands of the contemporary world. The story told bears important implications for understandings of Egyptian history, Islamic legal history, comparative law, and deeply contested and highly transformative interactions between European and Islamic thought.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-313) and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KRM469 .W66 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9780198786016
0198786018
0198786018
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