Visions of Sharīʿa

Contemporary Discussions in Shī ͑ī Legal Theory
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-37838-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 50, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 599 g

Reihe: Studies in Islamic Law and Society

In Visions of Shari'a Bhojani, De Rooij and Bohlander present the first broad examination of ways in which legal theory (usul al-fiqh) within Twelver Shi'i thought continues to be a forum for vibrant debates regarding the assumptions, epistemology and hermeneutics of Shari'a in contemporary Shi'i thought. Bringing together authoritative voices and emerging scholars, from both ‘traditional’ seminaries and ‘Western’ academies, the distinct critical insider and emic accounts provided develop a novel avenue in Islamic legal studies. Contextualised through reference to the history of Shi'i legal theory as well as contemporary juristic practice and socio-political considerations, the volume demonstrates how one of the most intellectually vibrant and developed discourses of Islamic thought continues to be a key forum for exploring visions of Shari'a.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bhojani, Ali-Reza

de Rooij, Laurens

Bohlander, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamisches Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Islamisches Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Notes on Contributors

Visions of Shari'a: An Introduction

Ali-Reza Bhojani

1 The Reception of Factuality (taswib) Theories of Ijtihad in Modern Usuli Shi'i Thought

Seyyed Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad

2 Reassessing the Pivotal Role of Certainty in Modern Shi'i Usuli Legal Method: A Case for Accepting a Wider Range of Evidence in the Inference of Shari'a Precepts

Hashim Bata

3 The Role of the Quran in Legal Reasoning (Ijtihad): A Shi'i Perspective

Rahim Nobahar

4 From Theory to Practice: The Role of the Subject in the Derivation of Rulings and Its Potential in Creating a System of Case Law for the Operation of Shi'i Law

Imranali Panjwani

5 Strategic Juristic Omission and the Non-Muslim Blood Price: An Examination of Shi'i Fiqh and Practice

Haider Ala Hamoudi

6 Towards the Hermeneutics of a Justice-Oriented Reading of Shari'a

Ali-Reza Bhojani

7 Maqasid al-Shari'a Discourse in Contemporary Shi'i Jurisprudence

Hassan Beloushi

Epilogue

Robert Gleave

Appendix: al-Sayyid 'Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani on Usul al-fiqh in Twelver Shi'i Thought: Its Importance and Historical Phases

Ali-Reza Bhojani

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Ali-Reza Bhojani, Ph.D. (2013), Durham University, is a Researcher at the University of Oxford and Honorary Research Fellow in Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham. His publications include Moral Rationalism and Shari’a (Routledge, 2015).

Dr Laurens de Rooij, PhD (2016), Durham University, is visiting Lecturer of Islamic Studies at the University of Chester, and visiting researcher at the University of Cape Town. He has published a number of works, including Media Discourses, Muslims, and non-Muslims in the UK (Manchester University Press, 2019), and his forthcoming work Muslims and Representative Engagement (Routledge, 2020).

Professor Michael Bohlander holds the Chair in Comparative and International Criminal Law at Durham Law School. From 2015 – 2019, he was the International Co-Investigating Judge at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia in Phnom Penh. In 2017, he was appointed a judge at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in the Hague. He is the author/editor of over 200 publications, including translations of his work into Chinese, Farsi, French, Khmer, Spanish and Turkish.