Conclusion The first century or so of Islam can rightly be understood as the era of
politics. Islam's nascent but triumphant community faced its many challenges with
practical reason and missionary zeal. In the qur'anic ideal, the Community of ...
This book underlines the mutability of Islamic law and attempts to relate its substantive and institutional varieties and transformations to social, political, economic and other historical circumstances. The studies in the book range from discussion of the received wisdom in Islamic law to studies of legal institutions and the theoretical means employed by Islamic law for the accommodation of changing historical circumstances. First published in 1988.
The division of primary heirs into ranked classes based upon categories of
ascendants, des— cendants, and lateral relations which succeed in turn is, as we
haw2seen, not without parallel in the legal systems of late Antiquity. It bears a
certain ...
A comparative analysis of the ways in which Islam has become entangled with the process of democratization in both Egypt & Iran, authoritarian regimes that have faced increasing demands for reform.
Islam. in. Egypt's. Cacophonous. Constitutional. Order. Nathan. ]. Brown. In
previous writings, I explored the origin of Egypt's constitutional texts as well as
the way that one important body—the Supreme Constitutional Court—has
interpreted ...
This is a detailed, critical study of the reforms which have been made in recent years to the law in the State of Pakistan with the ostensible objective of bringing it into accord with the requirements of Islam. Special emphasis is given to the period from 1977 when General Zia ul Haque adopted a period of Islamization. This is a field of investigation of considerable importance both for the advancement of legal and political theory and for practical purposes, especially as regards human rights. The author, trained both in Pakistan law and the concepts and practice of Islamic law, has been able to advance significantly our understanding of the doctrinal developments documented in this book. First published in 1994.
The following are examples of petitions dismissed by the FSC on the grounds
that the relevant laws were in accordance with Islam. Abu Dawood Muhammad
Sadiq v. The State 24 The petitioner belonging to the Sunnat-wal-Jamaat (Hanafi,
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