Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Maps
- Map 1 Arabia ca. 622 ad
- Map 2 Muslims lands in the third/ninth century
- Introduction
- 1 The pre-Islamic Near East, Muḥammad and Quranic law
- 2 The emergence of an Islamic legal ethic
- 3 The early judges, legal specialists and the search for religious authority
- 4 The judiciary coming of age
- 5 Prophetic authority and the modification of legal reasoning
- 6 Legal theory expounded
- 7 The formation of legal schools
- 8 Law and politics: caliphs, judges and jurists
- Conclusion
- Glossary of key terms
- Short biographies
- Bibliography
- Suggested further reading
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Maps
- Map 1 Arabia ca. 622 ad
- Map 2 Muslims lands in the third/ninth century
- Introduction
- 1 The pre-Islamic Near East, Muḥammad and Quranic law
- 2 The emergence of an Islamic legal ethic
- 3 The early judges, legal specialists and the search for religious authority
- 4 The judiciary coming of age
- 5 Prophetic authority and the modification of legal reasoning
- 6 Legal theory expounded
- 7 The formation of legal schools
- 8 Law and politics: caliphs, judges and jurists
- Conclusion
- Glossary of key terms
- Short biographies
- Bibliography
- Suggested further reading
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law , pp. 229 - 234Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004