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1 online resource (xiv, 414 pages) |
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Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization |
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Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
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Contents |
Introduction -- Part I. Islamic institutional structures and doubt, first/seventh-tenth/sixteenth centuries. 1. The god of severity and lenity ; A. The recurring case of Mā'iz ; B. Foundations beneath Mā'iz: Islamic criminal law ; C. Debates about Mā'iz ; 2. The rise of doubt ; A. The canonization of doubt: judicial practice ; B. The textualization of doubt: foundational text ; C. The interpretation of doubt: on institutional structures and legitimacy -- Part II. Morality and social context, first/seventh-fifth/eleventh centuries. 3. Hierarchy and Hụdūd laws ; A. Early Islamic values: egalitarianism and deterrence ; B. Social status and political power: overcriminalization of political opponents ; C. Hierarchy in Hụdūd laws: undercriminalization of the elite ; 4. Doubt as moral concern ; A. Hụdūd enforcement: moral egalitarianism and divine legislative supremacy ; B. Hụdūd avoidance: death is different and other moral concerns ; C. The generalization of doubt: legitimacy and moral concern -- Part III. The jurisprudence of doubt, second/eighth-tenth/sixteenth centuries. 5. Early doubt: doubt as an element of Islamic criminal law ; A. Early Hạnafī criminal law ; B. Early Mālikī criminal law ; C. Early Shāfi'ī criminal law ; 6. Sunnī doubt: substantive, procedural, and interpretive doubt ; A. HạnafīĪ doubt: attention to subjectivity and intent ; B. MālikīĪ and Shāfi'īĪ doubt: accommodation of legal pluralism ; C. Fault lines: strict liability as definitions of moral values -- Part IV. Interpretive authority, second/eighth-tenth/sixteenth centuries. 7. Against doubt: strict textualism in opposition to doubt ; A. Hạnbalī doubt: strict textualism, constrained discretion ; B. Zạ̄hirī doubt: stricter textualism, barred discretion ; C. Textualism vs. doubt ; 8 Shī'ī doubt: dueling theories of delegation and interpretation ; A. Rationalist thrust: a presumption of nonliability and legality ; B. Traditionalist parry: one right answer as text ; C. Rationalist riposte: one right answer as revelation before reason -- Conclusion: doubt in comparative and contemporary context -- Appendices. Appendix A. Hạdīth versions of the doubt canon (with isnāds/ chains of transmission) ; Appendix B. Early cases on Hụdūd enforcement and avoidance ; Appendix C. On the rise of Islamic legal maxims: a prehistory of doubt -- Bibliography -- Index |
Summary |
This book considers the rarely studied but pervasive concepts of doubt that medieval Muslim jurists used to resolve problematic criminal cases |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Criminal law (Islamic law) -- Interpretation and construction
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Belief and doubt.
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Legal certainty.
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Legal maxims (Islamic law) -- History
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Islamic law -- Interpretation and construction.
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LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
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Belief and doubt
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Criminal law (Islamic law) -- Interpretation and construction
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Islamic law -- Interpretation and construction
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Legal certainty
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Legal maxims (Islamic law)
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781139953054 |
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1139953052 |
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9781316204702 |
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1316204707 |
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9781316206508 |
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1316206505 |
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