Law, Society and Culture in the Maghrib, 1300-1500

AvDavid S. Powers

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Focusing on the Maghrib in the period between 1300 and 1500, in this 2002 book David Powers analyses the application of Islamic law through the role of the mufti. To unravel the sophistication of the law, he considers six cases which took place in the Marinid period on subjects as diverse as paternity, fornication, water rights, family endowments, the slander of the Prophet and disinheritance. The source for these disputes are fatwas issued by the muftis, which the author uses to situate each case in its historical context and to interpret the principles of Islamic law. In so doing he demonstrates that, contrary to popular stereotypes, muftis were in fact dedicated to reasoned argument, and sensitive to the manner in which law, society and culture interacted. The book represents a groundbreaking approach to a complex field. It will be read by students of Islamic law and those interested in traditional Muslim societies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-10-22
Mått:152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt:420 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521120593

Utforska kategorier

Rättssystem inom Juridik
Sociala grupper och identitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

David S. Powers is currently Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Cornell University. He is the author of Studies in Qur'an and Hadith: The Formation of the Islamic Law of Inheritance (1986), and co-editor of Islamic Legal Interpretation: Muftis and the Fatwas (1996), and Editor of the journal Islamic Law and Society.

Recensioner i media

Review of the hardback: ' … paints a vivid picture of Muslim society in the Maghrib in the 14th and 15th centuries.' Cornell Chronicle

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; 1. Kadijustiz or Qadi-justice? A paternity dispute from fourteenth-century Morocco; 2. From Almohadism to Malikism: the case of al-Haskuri, the Mocking Jurist, c. 712–16/1312–16; 3. A riparian dispute in the Middle Atlas mountains, c. 683–824/1285–1421; 4. Conflicting conceptions of property in Fez, 741–826/1340–1423; 5. Preserving the Prophet's honor: Sharifism, Sufism and Malikism in Tlemcen, 843/1439; 6. On modes of judicial reasoning: two fatwas on Tawlij, c. 880/1475; Conclusion: the Mufti.