Islam, Law and the Modern State: (Re)imagining Liberal Theory in Muslim Contexts - Couverture rigide

Jamal, Arif A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1138205486 ISBN 13 : 9781138205482

Editeur : Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

Within the global phenomenon of the (re)emergence of religion into issues of public debate, one of the most salient issues confronting contemporary Muslim societies is how to relate the legal and political heritage that developed in pre-modern Islamic polities to the political order of the modern states in which Muslims now live. This work seeks to develop a framework for addressing this issue. The central argument is that liberal theory, and in particular justice as discourse, can be normatively useful in Muslim contexts for relating religion, law and state. Just as Muslim contexts have developed historically, and continue to develop today, the same is the case with the requisites of liberal theory, and this may allow for liberal choices to be made in a manner that is not a renunciation of Muslim heritage.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Arif A. Jamal is Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law where he teaches comparative law, legal theory, law and religion, and Islamic law. He has studied and researched in law, politics and Islamic studies in Canada, the UK and the USA, and writes on issues of law and religion, comparative law and law in Muslim contexts.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1138205486
• ISBN 13: 9781138205482
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 150
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• Personne responsable: non disponible