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Subject(s)

• Contracts (Islamic law) [Browse]
• Contracts (Islamic law)—History [Browse]
• Finance (Islamic law) [Browse]
• International finance [Browse]
• Islamic law [Browse]
• Religion and law [Browse]

Series

ICLARS series on law and religion [More in this series]

Summary note

"What is a contract in Islam? Is it an aspect of Muslim religion or of secular life? How much has it changed over the centuries? Undertaking a search that spans revelation, legal tradition, and the reality of the Muslim world, this book explores the Islamic contract ('aqd in Arabic) as a 'city' at the crossroads of convergent paths of translation, comparison, and law in context. In particular, the book shows that only by re-orienting traditional categories of Western law-religion towards the East can an alternative path of discovery for the 'aqd be advanced. Hence, through a fortuitous encounter with an Arab Girl, the reader will (re-)visit the Temple of Western modernity and explore a city ruled by Towers of dialectical forces, carrying a hermeneutical Ring that combines dialectics, Islamic studies, and media theory. This interdisciplinary approach will not only enrich our knowledge of the 'aqd but also make it more understandable as a cultural and social construction to which both Muslims and non-Muslims have participated in forging its multiple representations. By inviting the readers 'to know who they are' while looking at her, the Arab Girl is already waiting for us to listen to the Islamic contract in a new way. By applying a distinctive law and religion approach to the study of the contract in Islam, the book provides a comprehensive exploration of a topic that is of interest to legal and economic historians and comparatists, but also of topical meaning for international lawyers and the operators of an increasingly multicultural market"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction : ways of seeing an Arab Girl
• Expelling the merchants from the Temple : methodology and the contents of this book
• The revealed Word in translation : the space of law and religion in Islam
• Comparing legal traditions : contract law and Muslim fiqh
• Realities of the Muslim world : changing contexts over time
• Conclusions : ways of saying the 'aqd.

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ISBN

• 9781138504042 (hardcover)
• 1138504041 (hardcover)
• 9781032539140 (paperback)
• 1032539143 (paperback)

LCCN

2023011116

OCLC

1371749432

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