The beginnings of Islamic law : late antique Islamicate legal traditions / Lena Salaymeh.
2016
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The beginnings of Islamic law : late antique Islamicate legal traditions / Lena Salaymeh.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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1 online resource (xiii, 242 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
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Legal-historical beginnings : outlining late antique Islamic law
Legal historiography : a case study in international law
Legal-historical hybridity : tracing Islam in its Islamicate context
Legal custom : a case study in ritual law
Legal historicizing : moments in macro-histories
Legal comparisons : a case study in family law.
Legal historiography : a case study in international law
Legal-historical hybridity : tracing Islam in its Islamicate context
Legal custom : a case study in ritual law
Legal historicizing : moments in macro-histories
Legal comparisons : a case study in family law.
Summary
The Beginnings of Islamic Law is a major and innovative contribution to our understanding of the historical unfolding of Islamic law. Scrutinizing its historical contexts, the book proposes that Islamic law is a continuous intermingling of innovation and tradition. Salaymeh challenges the embedded assumptions in conventional Islamic legal historiography by developing a critical approach to the study of both Islamic and Jewish legal history. Through case studies of the treatment of war prisoners, circumcision, and wife-initiated divorce, she examines how Muslim jurists incorporated and transformed 'Near Eastern' legal traditions. She also demonstrates how socio-political and historical situations shaped the everyday practice of law, legal education, and the organization of the legal profession in the late antique and medieval eras. Aimed at scholars and students interested in Islamic history, Islamic law, and the relationship between Jewish and Islamic legal traditions, this book's interdisciplinary approach provides accessible explanations and translations of complex materials and ideas.
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Cambridge Core.
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English
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9781316459485 ebook
9781107133020 (hardback)
9781107589711 (paperback)
9781107133020 (hardback)
9781107589711 (paperback)
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