State Law As Islamic Law in Modern Egypt (Studies in Islamic Law and Society) PDF
319 Pages·2006·1.053 MB·English
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This volume explores the decision by the government of Egypt in the 1970s to constitutionalize Islamic sharīʿa and discusses its impact on Egypts constitutional jurisprudence. The author, who is trained in Islamic intellectual history and comparative law, begins by examining the evolution of Sunni Islamic legal theory and describes competing theories of Islamic law that co-exist in modern Egypt. The book then explores how the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt has developed its own approach to interrpreting sharīʿaone that permits the Court to argue that sharīa principles are consistent with international human rights norms. The book concludes with a discussion of the public reception of the Courts theory. This book will be essential for anyone interested in the evolution of Islamic law, the development of constitutional thought in the Middle East, or the relationship between Islam and human rights.
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