00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000004373 20200508202706 200508||||||||| | ||| |||| ||eng|| 0-314-01817-4 010-0520004373 eng 340.59 340.59/ROS/T Lawrence Rosen The Justice of Islam : Comparative Perspectives on Islamic Law and Society 07575 1 New York West Publishing 2002 xiii, 234p.; 22cm. 22cm. Indeks : Indeks Bibliography p. 217-231 One out of five people in the world today lives subject to Islamic law, but stereotypes of rigid doctrine or harsh punishment obscure an understanding of the values and style of reasoning that characterize everyday Islamic adjudication. By considering its larger social and cultural context, this book shows Islamic law to be a kind of common law system: justice is sought through a careful assessment of persons, more than facts, and justice resides not in equality but in a quest for equivalence. 1. Islamic Law 2. Sociological Jurisprudence