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Additional Physical Format: | Positive Law from the Muslim World : Jurisprudence, History, Practices / Baudouin Dupret Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021. (@Law in Context) 978-1-108-95487-7 (ABES)257373853 |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Baudouin Dupret |
ISBN: | 9781108845212 1108845215 |
OCLC Number: | 1274234230 |
Description: | 1 vol. (XV-312 p.) ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | Law properly so-called, from an Islamic vantage point: an introduction; Part I. The Concept of Law: 1. Law as a concept; 2. The great divide in legal discourse: towards a global historical ontology of the concept of positive law; 3. Legal praxeology: into perspective and into practice; Part II. Historical Ontologies: 4. Politics made into law: determinism and contingency in Moroccan constitutionalism; 5. The legal reification of the mind: the development of forensic psychiatry in Egyptian law and justice; 6. From 'urf to qanun 'urfi: the legal positivization of customs; Part III. Legal Praxeologies: 7. General and particular: the legal rule and an Islamic swimsuit in a secular context; 8. Filling gaps in legislation: the use of fiqh in contemporary courts in Morocco, Egypt, and Indonesia; 9. Playing by the rules: the search for legal grounds in homosexuality cases (Indonesia, Lebanon, Egypt, Senegal); Conclusion - a praxeological approach to positive law; Bibliography; Index. |
Series Title: | Law in context. |
Responsibility: | Baudouin Dupret,.... |
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