Ebu's-Su'ud - The Islamic Legal Tradition (Paperback)

The jurist Ebu's-suud (c. 1490-1574) occupies a key position in the history of Islamic law. An Ottoman tradition, which began in the seventeenth century and which modern historians often reiterate, asserts that Ebu's-suud succeeded in harmonizing the secular law with the "shari 'a," creating, in effect, a new ideal Islamic legal system. This book examines the validity of this assertion.
The author begins by choosing five areas of Islamic law for analysis: the Sultan and legal sovereignty; land tenure and taxation; trusts in mortmain; marriage and the family; and crimes and torts. In each of these areas, he lays out the most important rules and concepts in the Islamic juristic tradition, and then gives his translations of a selection of Ebu's-suud's writings on the topic in question, with a brief analysis. From these materials, the author suggests that readers draw their own conclusions as to whether Ebu's-suud did indeed reconcile Ottoman secular legal practice with the sacred law.

General

Imprint:	Stanford University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Jurists: Profiles in Legal Theory
Release date:	2009
First published:	September 1997
Authors:	Colin Imber
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-0-8047-6099-7
Categories:	Books > Law > Other areas of law > Islamic law Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Islam Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Islam
LSN:	0-8047-6099-3
Barcode:	9780804760997

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