Islamic Law in Context: A Primary Source Reader

This volume surveys the diversity of Islamic legal thought and practice, a 1500 - year tradition that has been cultivated throughout the Islamic world. It features translations of Islamic legal texts from across the spectrum of literary genres (including legal theory, judicial handbooks, pamphlets) that represent the range of temporal, geographic and linguistic contexts in which Islamic law has been, and continues to be, developed. Each text has been chosen and translated by a specialist. It is accompanied by an accessible introduction that places the author and text in historical and legal contexts and explains the state of the relevant field of study. An introduction to each section offers an overview of the genre and provides a useful bibliography. The volume will enable all researchers of Islamic law - established academics, undergraduate students, and general readers - to understand the tremendous and sometimes bewildering diversity of Islamic law, as well the continuities and common features that bind it together.

這本書概述了伊斯蘭法律思想和實踐的多樣性，這是一個在整個伊斯蘭世界中培育了1500年的傳統。它收錄了來自不同文學體裁（包括法律理論、司法手冊、小冊子）的伊斯蘭法律文本的翻譯，這些文本代表了伊斯蘭法律在不同的時間、地理和語言背景下的發展和持續發展。每個文本都由專家選擇和翻譯。它還附有一個易於理解的介紹，將作者和文本置於歷史和法律背景中，並解釋相關研究領域的現狀。每個部分的介紹提供了該體裁的概述，並提供了有用的參考書目。這本書將使所有伊斯蘭法律的研究者 - 包括學術界的專家、本科生和一般讀者 - 能夠理解伊斯蘭法律的巨大且有時令人困惑的多樣性，以及將其聯繫在一起的連續性和共同特點。