Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Anver M. Emon (Professor and Canada Research Chair in Religion, Pluralism, and the Rule of Law, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Religion, Pluralism, and the Rule of Law, University of Toronto) ,
Rumee Ahmed (Associate Professor of Islamic Law, Associate Professor of Islamic Law, University of British Columbia)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 18.00cm
, Height: 5.90cm
, Length: 25.80cm
Weight: 1.870kg
ISBN: 9780199679010
ISBN 10: 0199679010
Pages: 1002
Publication Date: 08 November 2018
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
This handbook is clearly set to be a major modern reference work for scholars and students of Islam and Islamic law for years to come ... The two North American Professors are to be thanked for producing over a 1,000-pages of scholarship which will help those who regularly confront artificial limits imposed by the disciplinary formation (s) of Islamic legal studies . We are fortunate, indeed, to have this new work available to us. * Phillip Taylor MBE, Head of Chambers, and Elizabeth Taylor, Richmond Green Chamber *
"The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Law provides an innovative historiographical examination of a wide range of topics in the areas of Islamic Law and Islamic Legal Studies. ... 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. ... The Handbook is most suited to postgraduate students, scholars and academics who wish for a comprehensive and authoritative guide to research in this area. * Sairah Narmah-Alqasim, The Law Teacher * This handbook is clearly set to be a major modern reference work for scholars and students of Islam and Islamic law for years to come ... The two North American Professors are to be thanked for producing over a 1,000-pages of scholarship which will help those who ""regularly confront artificial limits imposed by the disciplinary formation (s) of Islamic legal studies"". We are fortunate, indeed, to have this new work available to us. * Phillip Taylor MBE, Head of Chambers, and Elizabeth Taylor, Richmond Green Chamber *"
This handbook is clearly set to be a major modern reference work for scholars and students of Islam and Islamic law for years to come ... The two North American Professors are to be thanked for producing over a 1,000-pages of scholarship which will help those who regularly confront artificial limits imposed by the disciplinary formation (s) of Islamic legal studies . We are fortunate, indeed, to have this new work available to us. * Phillip Taylor MBE, Head of Chambers, and Elizabeth Taylor, Richmond Green Chamber * The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Law provides an innovative historiographical examination of a wide range of topics in the areas of Islamic Law and Islamic Legal Studies. ... 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. ... The Handbook is most suited to postgraduate students, scholars and academics who wish for a comprehensive and authoritative guide to research in this area. * Sairah Narmah-Alqasim, The Law Teacher *
Author Information
Anver M. Emon is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Religion, Pluralism, and the Rule of Law at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Religious Pluralism and Islamic Law (OUP 2014), co-editor of the Oxford Islamic Legal Studies series, and founding editor of the journal Middle East Law and Governance. Rumee Ahmed is Associate Professor of Islamic Law and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts at the University of British Columbia.
