Between God and the sultan : a history of Islamic law / Knut Vikor.

London: C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 2005.

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Islamic law.

Islamic law -- History.

1. Introduction: Does Islamic law exist? --2. From practice to method --3. The Koran and Sunna as sources --4. Elaborating the sources --5. Getting social sanction: ijma and authorization --6. The four schools of law --7. Law beyond the four schools --8. The court and the law: the muftis and legal development --9. The court and its judge: the role of the qadi --10. The court and the state --11. Law and courts in the Ottoman Empire --12. Islamic law in the modern period --13. Implementing the sharia --14. Criminal law --15. Family law --16. Economy, taxes and property.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1850657386

xi, 387 p.