The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Law [Paperback]

A comprehensive guide to Islamic legal scholarship, this Handbook offers a direct and accessible introduction to Islamic law and the academic debates within the field. Topics include textual sources and authority, institutions, substantive legal areas, Islamic legal philosophy, and Islamic law in the Muslim World and in Muslim minority countries.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, theHandbookalso 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.Editors' Introduction,Anver M. Emon and Rumee AhmedPart I Discipline and CritiqueA. Islamic Legal Studies1. Islamic Legal Studies: A Critical Historiography,Ayesha Chaudhry2. Fiqh,Anver M. Emon3. Islamic Law and Gender,Saadia Yacoob4. Islamic Law and Theology,Rumee Ahmed5. Anthropology and Islamic Law,John R. Bowen6. Falsafa and Law,Andrew F. MarchPart II Legal Theory and InstitutionsA. Legal Theory7. Ijtihad,Anver M. Emon8. Imami Shi'i Legal Theory: From its Origins to the Early-Twentieth Century,Robert Gleave9. Custom in the Islamic Legal Tradition,Ayman Shabana10. The Historiography of Sunni Usul al-Fiqh,Youcef Soufi11. Ijma',Mairaj U. Syed