{"product_id":"ebus-suud-colin-imber-9780804729277","title":"Ebu's-Su`ud: The Islamic Legal Tradition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe jurist Ebu's-suud (c. 1490-1574) occupies a key position in the history of Islamic law. An Ottoman tradition, which began in the seventeenth century and which modern historians often reiterate, asserts that Ebu's-suud succeeded in harmonizing the secular law with the \u003ci\u003eshari 'a\u003c\/i\u003e, creating, in effect, a new ideal Islamic legal system. This book examines the validity of this assertion. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author begins by choosing five areas of Islamic law for analysis: the Sultan and legal sovereignty; land tenure and taxation; trusts in mortmain; marriage and the family; and crimes and torts. In each of these areas, he lays out the most important rules and concepts in the Islamic juristic tradition, and then gives his translations of a selection of Ebu's-suud's writings on the topic in question, with a brief analysis. From these materials, the author suggests that readers draw their own conclusions as to whether Ebu's-suud did indeed reconcile Ottoman secular legal practice with the sacred law.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colin Imber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804729271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804729277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.52h x 6.50w x 1.17d","brand":"Colin Imber","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065142522111,"sku":"9780804729277","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f0e0b618-ca7c-4022-b40a-5e6540ff3a41.jpg?v=1768673277","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ebus-suud-colin-imber-9780804729277","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}