LEGAL RESEARCH GUIDES
VOLUME 76 SHARIA (ISLAMIC LAW) IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD: A LEGAL RESEARCH GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR ...... xiii PREFACE ...... xix Overview ...... xix Purpose of the Work ...... xx I. INTRODUCTION ...... 1 Understanding Islamic Law ...... 1 The Basic Sources of Islamic Law ...... 1 What Is Sharia? ...... 1 Difference between Sharia and Sunna ...... 2 How the Sharia Developed ...... 2 The Role of the Quran in Islamic Law ...... 2 The Significance of the Hadith in Islamic Law ...... 2 The Role of Sharia to Islamic Law ...... 3 Development of Sharia ...... 3 Ritual Law (Ibadat) ...... 4 Fasts ...... 4 Zakat ...... 4 Hajj ...... 4 Difference between the Sharia and Fiqh ...... 5 Distinguishing between the Sharia and Islamic Jurisprudence ...... 5 Islamic Jurisprudence ...... 5 Judicial Interpretations of Sharia ...... 6 How Sharia Differs from Western Legal Systems ...... 7 Current Significance of Islamic Law ...... 7 Legal Areas under Sharia ...... 8 Criminal Law under Sharia ...... 8 Schools of Islamic Jurisprudence ...... 9 The Legal Significance of Sharia Law ...... 9 The Application of Sharia Law ...... 10 Research Strategy ...... 11 Principles of Islamic Law ...... 11 II. WORKS IN SUBSTANTIVE AREAS OF LAW ...... 12 General ...... 12 Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh, Usual al-fiqh) ...... 17 Ijtihad (Legal Reasoning) ...... 24
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Schools of Islamic Law (madhashib) ...... 25 Sunni School ...... 25 Shia School ...... 26 Furu al-Fiqh (Areas of Substantive Law, Branches of the Law) ...... 27 General Works of Islamic Law ...... 27 Histories of Islamic Law ...... 28 Arbitration (Community-based Arbitration)...... 32 Banking and Financial Institutions ...... 33 Islamic Finance ...... 34 Business Practices ...... 38 Commercial Law ...... 39 Comparative Law ...... 40 Constitutional Law ...... 41 Corporations ...... 42 Criminal Procedure ...... 43 Corporate Law ...... 43 Criminal Law ...... 44 Family Law (including Domestic Relations) ...... 45 Family Law ...... 51 General ...... 51 Arbitration ...... 52 Child Custody ...... 52 Children ...... 52 Conflicts of Law ...... 53 Divorce ...... 53 Marriage Contracts ...... 53 Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) ...... 54 Finance ...... 55 Freedom of Speech and Other Types of Expression ...... 55 Honor Killings ...... 56 Human Rights ...... 56 Intellectual Property ...... 57 International Arbitration ...... 57 International Contracts ...... 58 International Law—General ...... 59 Internet ...... 60 Jihad ...... 60 Jurisprudence ...... 63 Media Law ...... 68 xvi
Opt Out Provisions ...... 68 Property ...... 68 Slavery ...... 69 Torts (Private Wrongs) ...... 70 Women ...... 71 General Issues ...... 81 Inheritance and Succession ...... 81 Reproductive Rights ...... 82 III. REFERENCE SOURCES OF SHARIA ...... 83 Scholarly Compilations ...... 83 Dictionaries ...... 83 Histories ...... 84 Quran ...... 84 Commentaries on the Quran ...... 85 Encyclopedias ...... 85 Handbooks ...... 88
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