Contesting justice
Subtitle: women, Islam, law, and society
By: Ahmed E. Souaiaia.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Albany, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780791473979
Subjects: Islamic law -- Philosophy; Islamic law -- Methodology; Koran -- Hermeneutics; Polygamy (Islamic law); Women -- Legal status, laws, etc.  (Islamic law); Islamic law -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Legal absolutism and ethical relativism; title: To know or not to know : the basis of acts; title: Cognition through models and paradigms; title: The domain of ethics and the law; title: Chronology of Islamic thought; title: Ethics, morality, and the law; title: Determining God's position; title: Core and marginal sanctions; title: Emotion and law in the Qurʾānic discourse; title: Threats, incentives, and piety; title: Crime and punishment; title: Basis for the practice of polygamy; title: On the methodological and historical assumptions; title: Methodological and disciplinary precedence; title: Polygamy in the historical context; title: The philology of polygamy; title: Women in Islamic law of inheritance; title: The Qurʾānic and interpretive dichotomy; title: The legal and exegetical treatment of the verses on inheritance; title: Women, justice, and interpretation : the principle of Awl; title: Explicitness, consensus, and interpretation; title: Shares and heirs per blind survey; title: Description of data collection; title: Explanation and interpretation of data; title: Women in modern times; title: Discussing the status of women; title: Bespoke justice v tyranny of majoritism; title: Inclusion and exclusion of women.