Islamic Law and Legal Theory

Part 1 The origins of Islamic law: the alleged debt of Islamic to Roman law, S.V. Fitzgerald; Roman law and Muslim law, A. D'Emilia; foreign elements in ancient Islamic law, J. Schacht. Part 2 The sources of Islamic law: generally - the sources and development of Islamic laws, S.M. Yusef; the formal sources of Islamic law, Y. Linant de Bellefons; the Quran - the collection of the Quran, J. Burto; Al Nasikh wa al-mansukh - abrogation and its application in Islam, K.I. Semaan; Sunna - the importance of tradition for the study of Islam, A.J. Wensinck; Ijma - the basis of authority of consensus in Sunnite Islam, G. Hourani; Qiyas - the principles of Qiyas in Islamic law - an historical perspective, A. Hassan; minor sources - legal logic an equity in Islamic law, J. Makdisi; Muslim custom and case law, N.J. Coulson; Ijtihad - was the gate of Itjihad closed?, W. Hallaq. Part 3 The development of the Sunnit law schools and Sunni legal theory: Al-Shafii's role in the development of Islamic jurisprudence, A. Hassan; the development of legal thought in Hanfi texts, Y. Meron; Illa and Qiyas in early Islamic legal theory, N. Shehaby; the development of logical structure in Sunni legal theory, W. Hallaq; Abu Hanifa, champion of liberalism and tolerance in Islam, C. Adams; Al-Shafi - founder of a law school, E. Bishop; the Ibadhites, P. Smith; the state and the individual in Islamic law, N.J. Coulson. Part 4 The development of Shii legal theory: Ali in Shiah tradition, W.A. Rice; the Shiah doctrine of the Imamate, D.M. Donaldson; the Ithna Ahari-Shii juristic theory of political and legal authority, J. Eliash; sidelights on early Imamate doctrine, W.M. Watt; accommodation and revolution in Imami Shii jurisprudence - Khumayni and the clasical tradition, N. Calder. Part 5 Islamic law in the modern world: the relevance of Muhammadan law in the 20th century, A.A.A. Fyzee; law as a social force in Islamic culture and history, J.N.D. Anderson; modernization and changing perception of Islamic law, D. Bondermann; stability and change in Islamic law, H.J. Liebesay; modern trends in Islam; legal reform and modernization in the Middle East, J.N.D. Anderson; problems of modern Islamic legislation, J. Schact; codification in the Muslim world, J.N.D. Anderson; the reinterpretation of Islam, A.A.A. Fyzee; the contribution of modernist to the secularization of Islamic law, Aharon Layish.