Islamic Law

Visions of Sharīʿa: Contemporary Discussions in Shī ͑ī Legal Theory

Edited by Ali-reza Bhojani · Laurens de Rooij · Michael Bohlander
Brill Academic Publishers December 2019

Specifications

ISBN-13
9789004378384
Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Publication
December 2019
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
Netherlands ? Countri(es) for reference only

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In Visions of Sharīʿa Bhojani, De Rooij and Bohlander present the first broad examination of ways in which legal theory ( uṣūl al-fiqh) within Twelver Shīʿī thought continues to be a forum for vibrant debates regarding the assumptions, epistemology and hermeneutics of Sharīʿa in contemporary Shīʿī 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 Shīʿī 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 Sharīʿa.

Table of Contents

Foreword
About the contributors
Visions of Sharīʿa: An Introduction - Ali-Reza Bhojani
Ch.
1: The Reception of Factuality (taṣwīb) Theories of Ijtihād in Modern Shī ͑ī Uṣūlī Thought - Seyyed Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad
Ch.
2: Reassessing the Pivotal Role of Certainty in Modern Shīʿī Uṣūlī Legal Method: A Case for Accepting a Wider Range of Evidence in the Inference of Sharīʿa Precepts - Hashim Bata
Ch.
3: The Role of the Quran in Legal Reasoning (Ijtihād): A Shī ͑ī Perspective - Rahim Nobahar
Ch.
4: From Theory to Practice: Case Law as an Additional and Evidentiary Holistic Tool for the Derivation and Operation of Law in Shīʿī Uṣūl al-Fiqh - Imranali Panjwani
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5: Strategic Juristic Omission and The Non-Muslim Blood Price: An Examination of Shīʿī Fiqh and Practice - Haider Ala Hamoudi
Ch.
6: Towards the Hermeneutics of a Justice-oriented Reading of Sharīʿa - Ali-Reza Bhojani
Ch.
7: Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿa Discourse in Contemporary Shīʿī Jurisprudence - Hassan Beloushi
Epilogue - Robert Gleave
Appendix: al-Sayyid ͑Alī al-Ḥusaynī al-Sīstānī on Uṣūl al-fiqh in Twelver Shi’i thought: its importance and historical phases - Ali-Reza Bhojani
Index
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