The justice of Islam : comparative perspectives on Islamic law and society /
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2000.
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Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. The socio-logic of Islamic legal reasoning. Equity and discretion in Islamic law ; Islamic case law and the logic of consequence ; Islamic law as common law: power, culture, and the reconfiguration of legal taxonomies ; Responsibility and compensatory justice in Arab culture and law
- pt. 2. In and out of court. From courtroom to courtyard: law and custom in popular legal culture ; On the docket: changing conventions in a Muslim court, 1965-1995 ; Local justice: a day in an alternative court ; Whom do you trust?: structuring confidence in Arab law and society
- pt. 3. Justice past and present. Islamic concepts of justice and injustice ; Muhammad's sociological jurisprudence ; Private thoughts, public utterances: law privacy, and the consequences of community ; Islam and Islamic culture in the courts of the United States.