The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Law
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ISBN:
9780199679027
Publication date:
27/10/2025
Paperback
1000 pages
246x171mm
Price: 1750.00 INR
ISBN:
9780199679027
Publication date:
27/10/2025
Paperback
1000 pages
Part of Oxford Handbooks
Edited by Anver M. Emon & Rumee Ahmed
- A comprehensive survey of the contemporary study of Islamic law
- Addresses the historiography of all major facets of Islamic law
- Challenges the reader to question the way Islamic law is studied, taught, and understood
Rights: OUP UK (INDIAN TERRITORY)
Edited by Anver M. Emon & Rumee Ahmed
Description
This volume provides a comprehensive survey of the contemporary study of Islamic law and a critical analysis of its deficiencies. Written by outstanding senior and emerging scholars in their fields, it offers an innovative historiographical examination of the field of Islamic law and an ideal introduction to key personalities and concepts.
While capturing the state of contemporary Islamic legal studies by chronicling how far the field has come, the Handbook also explains why certain debates recur and indicates fundamental gaps in our knowledge. Each chapter presents bold new avenues for research and will help readers appreciate the contested nature of key concepts and topics in Islamic law. This Handbook will be a major reference work for scholars and students of Islam and Islamic law for years to come.
About the editors
Anver M. Emon is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Islamic Law and History and director of the Institute of Islamic Studies at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Religious Pluralism and Islamic Law, co-editor of the Oxford Islamic Legal Studies series, and founding editor of the journal Middle East Law and Governance.
Rumee Ahmed is Professor of Islamic Law and Canada Research Chair in Theology and Ethics at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of Sharia Compliant: A User's Guide to Hacking Islamic Law and Narratives of Islamic Legal Theory.
Contributors:
Rula Jurdi Abisaab
Rumee Ahmed
Natasha Bakht
John R. Bowen
Nathan J. Brown
Ayesha S. Chaudhry
Melissa Crouch
Shannon Dunn
Anver M. Emon
Mohammad Fadel
Antonia Fraser Fujinaga
Benjamin Jokisch
Haim Gerber
Robert Gleave
Syed Adnan Hussain
Matthew B. Ingalls
Marion Katz
Andrew F. March
Ruth A. Miller
M. Reza Pirbhai
Jeff Redding
Mara Revkin
Mathias Rohe
Abdullah Saeed
M. Safa Saraçoglu
Ayman Shabana
Ahmed El Shamsy
Mariam Sheibani
Youcef Soufi
Kristen Stilt
Mairaj U. Syed
Matthieu Tillier
Amir Toft
Lynn Welchman
Leonard Wood
Saadia Yacoob
Edited by Anver M. Emon & Rumee Ahmed
Table of contents
Editors' Introduction, Anver M. Emon and Rumee Ahmed
Part I Discipline and Critique
A. Islamic Legal Studies
1:Islamic Legal Studies: A Critical Historiography, Ayesha Chaudhry
2:Fiqh, Anver M. Emon
3:Islamic Law and Gender, Saadia Yacoob
4:Islamic Law and Theology, Rumee Ahmed
5:Anthropology and Islamic Law, John R. Bowen
6:Falsafa and Law, Andrew F. March
Part II Legal Theory and Institutions
A. Legal Theory
7:Ijtihad, Anver M. Emon
8:Imami Shi'i Legal Theory: From its Origins to the Early-Twentieth Century, Robert Gleave
9:Custom in the Islamic Legal Tradition, Ayman Shabana
10:The Historiography of Sunni Usul al-Fiqh, Youcef Soufi
11:Ijma', Mairaj U. Syed
B. Institutions
12:al-Qadi, Mohammad Fadel
13:Hisba and Muhtasib, Kristen Stilt and M. Safa Saraçoglu
14:The Mazalim in Historiography, Matthieu Tillier
Part III Origins, Empires, and States
A. Historical Studies
15:Origins of and Influences on Islamic law, Benjamin Jokisch
16:The Classical Period: Scripture, Origins, and Early Development, Mariam Sheibani, Amir Toft, and Ahmed El Shamsy
17:The Age of Development and Continuity, 12th-15th Centuries CE, Marion Katz
18:The Historiography of Islamic Law During the Mamluk Sultanate, Matthew B. Ingalls
19:Law in the Ottoman Empire, Haim Gerber
20:A Historiography of Islamic Law in the Mughal Empire, M. Reza Pirbhai
21:Delivering Justice: The Monarch's 'Urfi Courts and the Shari'a in Safavid Iran, Rula Jurdi Abisaab
22:Anglo-Muhammadan Law, Syed Adnan Hussain
23:Legislation as an Instrument of Islamic Law, Leonard Wood
Part IV Regional Variations
A. Muslim-Majority States
24:Islamic Law and Society in Southeast Asia, Melissa Crouch
25:Islamic Law in Post-Revolutionary Iran, Antonia Fraser Fujinaga
26:The Turkish Republic, Ruth A. Miller
27:Islamic Law in South Asia: A Testament to Diversity, Jeff Redding
B. Muslim Minorities
28:The Incorporation of Shari'a in North America: Enforcing the Mahr to Combat Women's Poverty Post-Relationship Dissolution, Natasha Bakht
29:Islamic Law in Western Europe, Mathias Rohe
30:Shari'a in Australia, Abdullah Saeed
Part V Substantive Legal Areas
A. Case Studies
31:Islamic Law and Constitutions, Nathan J. Brown and Mara Revkin
32:Islamic Law and Human Rights, Shannon Dunn
33:Islamic Law and Finance, Anver M. Emon
34:Animals, Kristen Stilt
35:A Historiography of Islamic Family Law, Lynn Welchman
Index
Edited by Anver M. Emon & Rumee Ahmed
Review
"This volume gives a comprehensive survey of the state of knowledge today...The volume demonstrates how far we have now moved...towards a study of Islamic law as a phenomenon that varies dramatically with historical and social contexts, and how the “texts” interact with these realities in myriad different ways. It is highly recommended for those who wish to be informed about the state of knowledge in the field today." - Knut S. Vikør, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
"An innovative historiographical examination of a wide range of topics in the areas of Islamic Law and Islamic Legal Studies...the Handbook, considering the breadth, depth and perspectives it provides on a wide range of areas of Islamic Law and Islamic Legal Studies, has few if any competitors. Its comprehensive nature and structure, where for the first time such diverse topics that encompass Islamic Law have been included in one volume, make it unique" - Sairah Narmah-Alqasim, The Law Teacher
"The Handbook makes an important contribution to our knowledge of areas of Islamic law often neglected or ignored in more conventional academic environments, and for this reason alone should be read by anyone interested in contemporary Islamic jurisprudence." - Faris Nasrallah, Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law
Edited by Anver M. Emon & Rumee Ahmed
Description
This volume provides a comprehensive survey of the contemporary study of Islamic law and a critical analysis of its deficiencies. Written by outstanding senior and emerging scholars in their fields, it offers an innovative historiographical examination of the field of Islamic law and an ideal introduction to key personalities and concepts.
While capturing the state of contemporary Islamic legal studies by chronicling how far the field has come, the Handbook also explains why certain debates recur and indicates fundamental gaps in our knowledge. Each chapter presents bold new avenues for research and will help readers appreciate the contested nature of key concepts and topics in Islamic law. This Handbook will be a major reference work for scholars and students of Islam and Islamic law for years to come.
About the editors
Anver M. Emon is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Islamic Law and History and director of the Institute of Islamic Studies at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Religious Pluralism and Islamic Law, co-editor of the Oxford Islamic Legal Studies series, and founding editor of the journal Middle East Law and Governance.
Rumee Ahmed is Professor of Islamic Law and Canada Research Chair in Theology and Ethics at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of Sharia Compliant: A User's Guide to Hacking Islamic Law and Narratives of Islamic Legal Theory.
Contributors:
Rula Jurdi Abisaab
Rumee Ahmed
Natasha Bakht
John R. Bowen
Nathan J. Brown
Ayesha S. Chaudhry
Melissa Crouch
Shannon Dunn
Anver M. Emon
Mohammad Fadel
Antonia Fraser Fujinaga
Benjamin Jokisch
Haim Gerber
Robert Gleave
Syed Adnan Hussain
Matthew B. Ingalls
Marion Katz
Andrew F. March
Ruth A. Miller
M. Reza Pirbhai
Jeff Redding
Mara Revkin
Mathias Rohe
Abdullah Saeed
M. Safa Saraçoglu
Ayman Shabana
Ahmed El Shamsy
Mariam Sheibani
Youcef Soufi
Kristen Stilt
Mairaj U. Syed
Matthieu Tillier
Amir Toft
Lynn Welchman
Leonard Wood
Saadia Yacoob
Table of contents
Editors' Introduction, Anver M. Emon and Rumee Ahmed
Part I Discipline and Critique
A. Islamic Legal Studies
1:Islamic Legal Studies: A Critical Historiography, Ayesha Chaudhry
2:Fiqh, Anver M. Emon
3:Islamic Law and Gender, Saadia Yacoob
4:Islamic Law and Theology, Rumee Ahmed
5:Anthropology and Islamic Law, John R. Bowen
6:Falsafa and Law, Andrew F. March
Part II Legal Theory and Institutions
A. Legal Theory
7:Ijtihad, Anver M. Emon
8:Imami Shi'i Legal Theory: From its Origins to the Early-Twentieth Century, Robert Gleave
9:Custom in the Islamic Legal Tradition, Ayman Shabana
10:The Historiography of Sunni Usul al-Fiqh, Youcef Soufi
11:Ijma', Mairaj U. Syed
B. Institutions
12:al-Qadi, Mohammad Fadel
13:Hisba and Muhtasib, Kristen Stilt and M. Safa Saraçoglu
14:The Mazalim in Historiography, Matthieu Tillier
Part III Origins, Empires, and States
A. Historical Studies
15:Origins of and Influences on Islamic law, Benjamin Jokisch
16:The Classical Period: Scripture, Origins, and Early Development, Mariam Sheibani, Amir Toft, and Ahmed El Shamsy
17:The Age of Development and Continuity, 12th-15th Centuries CE, Marion Katz
18:The Historiography of Islamic Law During the Mamluk Sultanate, Matthew B. Ingalls
19:Law in the Ottoman Empire, Haim Gerber
20:A Historiography of Islamic Law in the Mughal Empire, M. Reza Pirbhai
21:Delivering Justice: The Monarch's 'Urfi Courts and the Shari'a in Safavid Iran, Rula Jurdi Abisaab
22:Anglo-Muhammadan Law, Syed Adnan Hussain
23:Legislation as an Instrument of Islamic Law, Leonard Wood
Part IV Regional Variations
A. Muslim-Majority States
24:Islamic Law and Society in Southeast Asia, Melissa Crouch
25:Islamic Law in Post-Revolutionary Iran, Antonia Fraser Fujinaga
26:The Turkish Republic, Ruth A. Miller
27:Islamic Law in South Asia: A Testament to Diversity, Jeff Redding
B. Muslim Minorities
28:The Incorporation of Shari'a in North America: Enforcing the Mahr to Combat Women's Poverty Post-Relationship Dissolution, Natasha Bakht
29:Islamic Law in Western Europe, Mathias Rohe
30:Shari'a in Australia, Abdullah Saeed
Part V Substantive Legal Areas
A. Case Studies
31:Islamic Law and Constitutions, Nathan J. Brown and Mara Revkin
32:Islamic Law and Human Rights, Shannon Dunn
33:Islamic Law and Finance, Anver M. Emon
34:Animals, Kristen Stilt
35:A Historiography of Islamic Family Law, Lynn Welchman
Index
Asha Bajpai
The British Constitution: A Very Short Introduction
Martin Loughlin
Sabrina Ragone & Guido Smorto
T Ramappa
B.N Kirpal, Ashok H. Desai, Gopal Subramanian, Rajeev Dhavan, Raju Ramchandran
International Space Law in the New Space Era
Sandeepa Bhat B., Dilip Ukey & Adithya Variath
Public Events and Police Response
T.K. Vinod Kumar
Law and Society in Modern India
Marc Galanter, Rajeev Dhavan
Upendra Baxi, Amita Dhanda, Arun Thiruvengadam, Kalpana Kannabiran
