The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Law

This volume provides a comprehensive survey of the contemporary study of Islamic law and a critical analysis of its deficiencies. Written by outstanding senior and emerging scholars in their fields, it offers an innovative historiographical examination of the field of Islamic law and an ideal introduction to key personalities and concepts. While capturing the state of contemporary Islamic legal studies by chronicling how far the field has come, the Handbook also explains why certain debates recur and indicates fundamental gaps in our knowledge. Each chapter presents bold new avenues for research and will help readers appreciate the contested nature of key concepts and topics in Islamic law. This Handbook will be a major reference work for scholars and students of Islam and Islamic law for years to come.

1 - Islamic Legal Studies: A Critical Historiography
2 - Fiqh
3 - Islamic Law and Gender
4 - Islamic Law and Theology
5 - Anthropology and Islamic Law
6 - Falsafa and Law
7 - Ijtihad
8 - Imami Shi'i Legal Theory: From its Origins to the Early-Twentieth Century
9 - Custom in the Islamic Legal Tradition
10 - The Historiography of Sunni Usul al-Fiqh
11 - Ijma'
12 - al-Qadi
13 - Hisba and Muhtasib
14 - The Mazalim in Historiography
15 - Origins of and Influences on Islamic law
16 - The Classical Period: Scripture, Origins, and Early Development
17 - The Age of Development and Continuity, 12th-15th Centuries CE
18 - The Historiography of Islamic Law During the Mamluk Sultanate
19 - Law in the Ottoman Empire
20 - A Historiography of Islamic Law in the Mughal Empire
21 - Delivering Justice: The Monarch's 'Urfi Courts and the Shari'a in Safavid Iran
22 - Anglo-Muhammadan Law
23 - Legislation as an Instrument of Islamic Law
24 - Islamic Law and Society in Southeast Asia
25 - Islamic Law in Post-Revolutionary Iran
26 - The Turkish Republic
27 - Islamic Law in South Asia: A Testament to Diversity
28 - The Incorporation of Shari'a in North America: Enforcing the Mahr to Combat Women's Poverty Post-Relationship Dissolution
29 - Islamic Law in Western Europe
30 - Shari'a in Australia
31 - Islamic Law and Constitutions
32 - Islamic Law and Human Rights
33 - Islamic Law and Finance
34 - Animals
35 - A Historiography of Islamic Family Law

Anver M. Emon is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Religion, Pluralism, and the Rule of Law at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Religious Pluralism and Islamic Law (OUP 2014), co-editor of the Oxford Islamic Legal Studies series, and founding editor of the journal Middle East Law and Governance. Rumee Ahmed is Associate Professor of Islamic Law and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts at the University of British Columbia.