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Visions of Sharīʿa
Contemporary Discussions in ShÄ« ÍÄ« Legal Theory
Series: - Studies in Islamic Law and Society, Volume: 50
In Visions of SharÄ«Ê¿a Bhojani, De Rooij and Bohlander present the first broad examination of ways in which legal theory (uṣūl al-fiqh) within Twelver ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« thought continues to be a forum for vibrant debates regarding the assumptions, epistemology and hermeneutics of SharÄ«Ê¿a in contemporary ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« thought. Bringing together authoritative voices and emerging scholars, from both âtraditionalâ seminaries and âWesternâ academies, the distinct critical insider and emic accounts provided develop a novel avenue in Islamic legal studies. Contextualised through reference to the history of ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« legal theory as well as contemporary juristic practice and socio-political considerations, the volume demonstrates how one of the most intellectually vibrant and developed discourses of Islamic thought continues to be a key forum for exploring visions of SharÄ«Ê¿a.
Dr Ali-Reza Bhojani, Ph.D. (2013), Durham University, is Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the Markfield Institute of Higher Education, Lecturer at the Al-Mahdi Institute, and Research Associate at the University of Oxford. He is author of Moral Rationalism and SharÄ«Ê¿a: A Study of Independent Rationality in Modern ShÄ« ÍÄ« Uṣūl al-fiqh (Routledge, 2015).
Dr Laurens de Rooij, PhD (2016), Durham University, is visiting Lecturer of Islamic Studies at the University of Chester, and visiting researcher at the University of Cape Town. He has published a number of works, including Media Discourses, Muslims, and non-Muslims in the UK (Manchester University Press, 2019), and his forthcoming work Muslims and Representative Engagement (Routledge, 2020).
Professor Michael Bohlander holds the Chair in Comparative and International Criminal Law at Durham Law School. From 2015 â 2019, he was the International Co-Investigating Judge at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia in Phnom Penh. In 2017, he was appointed a judge at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in the Hague. He is the author/editor of over 200 publications, including translations of his work into Chinese, Farsi, French, Khmer, Spanish and Turkish.
Dr Laurens de Rooij, PhD (2016), Durham University, is visiting Lecturer of Islamic Studies at the University of Chester, and visiting researcher at the University of Cape Town. He has published a number of works, including Media Discourses, Muslims, and non-Muslims in the UK (Manchester University Press, 2019), and his forthcoming work Muslims and Representative Engagement (Routledge, 2020).
Professor Michael Bohlander holds the Chair in Comparative and International Criminal Law at Durham Law School. From 2015 â 2019, he was the International Co-Investigating Judge at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia in Phnom Penh. In 2017, he was appointed a judge at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in the Hague. He is the author/editor of over 200 publications, including translations of his work into Chinese, Farsi, French, Khmer, Spanish and Turkish.
Preface
Notes on Contributors
Visions of Sharīʿa: An Introduction
âAli-Reza Bhojani
1 The Reception of Factuality (taá¹£wÄ«b) Theories of IjtihÄd in Modern UṣūlÄ« ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« Thought
âSeyyed Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad
2 Reassessing the Pivotal Role of Certainty in Modern Shīʿī Uṣūlī Legal Method: A Case for Accepting a Wider Range of Evidence in the Inference of Sharīʿa Precepts
âHashim Bata
3 The Role of the Quran in Legal Reasoning (IjtihÄd): A ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« Perspective
âRahim Nobahar
4 From Theory to Practice: The Role of the Subject in the Derivation of Rulings and Its Potential in Creating a System of Case Law for the Operation of Shīʿī Law
âImranali Panjwani
5 Strategic Juristic Omission and the Non-Muslim Blood Price: An Examination of Shīʿī Fiqh and Practice
âHaider Ala Hamoudi
6 Towards the Hermeneutics of a Justice-Oriented Reading of Sharīʿa
âAli-Reza Bhojani
7 MaqÄá¹£id al-SharÄ«Ê¿a Discourse in Contemporary ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« Jurisprudence
âHassan Beloushi
Epilogue
âRobert Gleave
Appendix: al-Sayyid Ê¿AlÄ« al-ḤusaynÄ« al-SÄ«stÄnÄ« on Uṣūl al-fiqh in Twelver ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« Thought: Its Importance and Historical Phases
âAli-Reza Bhojani
Index
Notes on Contributors
Visions of Sharīʿa: An Introduction
âAli-Reza Bhojani
1 The Reception of Factuality (taá¹£wÄ«b) Theories of IjtihÄd in Modern UṣūlÄ« ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« Thought
âSeyyed Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad
2 Reassessing the Pivotal Role of Certainty in Modern Shīʿī Uṣūlī Legal Method: A Case for Accepting a Wider Range of Evidence in the Inference of Sharīʿa Precepts
âHashim Bata
3 The Role of the Quran in Legal Reasoning (IjtihÄd): A ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« Perspective
âRahim Nobahar
4 From Theory to Practice: The Role of the Subject in the Derivation of Rulings and Its Potential in Creating a System of Case Law for the Operation of Shīʿī Law
âImranali Panjwani
5 Strategic Juristic Omission and the Non-Muslim Blood Price: An Examination of Shīʿī Fiqh and Practice
âHaider Ala Hamoudi
6 Towards the Hermeneutics of a Justice-Oriented Reading of Sharīʿa
âAli-Reza Bhojani
7 MaqÄá¹£id al-SharÄ«Ê¿a Discourse in Contemporary ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« Jurisprudence
âHassan Beloushi
Epilogue
âRobert Gleave
Appendix: al-Sayyid Ê¿AlÄ« al-ḤusaynÄ« al-SÄ«stÄnÄ« on Uṣūl al-fiqh in Twelver ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« Thought: Its Importance and Historical Phases
âAli-Reza Bhojani
Index
Scholars of comparative law, islamic law, and shia or islamic theology