The Sociology of Sharia Case Studies from around the World [Paperback]

This edited volume offers a collection of papers that present a comparative analysis of the development of Sharia in countries with Muslim minorities, such as America, Australia, Germany, and Italy, as well as countries with Muslim majorities, such as Malaysia, Bangladesh, Turkey, and Tunisia.

The Sociology of Sharia provides a global analysis of these important legal transformations and analyzesthe topic from a sociological perspective. It explores examples of non-Western countries that have a Muslim minority in their populations, including South Africa, China, Singapore, and the Philippines.

In addition, the third part of the book includes case studies that explore some ground-breaking theories on the sociology of Sharia, such as the application of Black, Chambliss, and Eisensteins sociological perspectives.??

1. Introduction: Legal Pluralism and Sharia, Bryan S. Turner and Adam Possamai.- Part 1. Case Studies from Muslim Majority Countries.- 2. One State, Three Legal Systems: Social Cohesion in a Multi-ethnic and Multi-religious Malaysia, Shamsul, A. B.- 3. Modern Law, Traditional Shalish and Civil Society Activism in Bangladesh, Habibul Haque Khondker.-?4. Semi-Official Turkish Muslim Legal Pluralism: Encounters between Secular Official Law and Unofficial Sharia, Ihsan Yilmaz.- Part 2. Case Studies from Muslim Minority Countries.- 5. ?Soft Authoritarianism, Social Diversity and Legal Pluralism: The Case of Singapore, Bryan S. Turner.- 6. ?The Philippine Sharia Courts and the Code of Muslim Personal Laws, Isabelita Solamo-Antonio.- 7. Sharia and Muslim Womens Agency in a Multicultural Context: Recent Changes in Sports Culture, Helen McCue and Ghena Krayem.- 8.?Sharia Law in Catholic Italy: A Non-agnostic Model of Accommodation, Vito Breda.- 9. Trial and Error: Muslims and Sharia in the German Context, Wolf D. Ahmed Aries and James T. Richardson.- 10. Between l.