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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
LC control number |
2013363677 |
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER |
National bibliography number |
GBB2C8319 |
Source |
bnb |
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC AGENCY CONTROL NUMBER |
Record control number |
016234269 |
Source |
Uk |
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9781848857322 |
SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
System control number |
(OCoLC)ocn822960067 |
CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
UKMGB |
Language of cataloging |
eng |
Transcribing agency |
UKMGB |
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OCLCO |
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EMI |
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AUTHENTICATION CODE |
Authentication code |
lccopycat |
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
KBP144 |
Item number |
.K474 2013 |
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
347.16709 |
Edition number |
23 |
SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
System control number |
(IMchF)fol14962136 |
DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20170126100600.0 |
CONTROL NUMBER |
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58797 |
CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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UOWD |
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Keshavjee, Mohamed M. |
TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Islam, Sharia and alternative dispute resolution : |
Remainder of title |
mechanisms for legal redress in the Muslim community / |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
Mohamed M. Keshavjee. |
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc |
London : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
I.B. Tauris, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c2013. |
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
xv, 237 p. : |
Other physical details |
ill. ; |
Dimensions |
24 cm. |
SERIES STATEMENT |
Series statement |
Library of Islamic law ; |
Volume number/sequential designation |
6 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-231) and index. |
FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
Introduction -- The Muslim community in Britain -- Overview of the Hounslow Muslim community -- The Sharia, religious law of Muslims -- The Muslim Law (Shariah) Council (UK) -- The many faces of ADR in Hounslow -- The case for court-invoked adjudication -- Towards an Islamic model of ADR -- Policy considerations. |
SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
The meanings and contexts of Shari'a are the subject of both curiosity and misunderstanding by non-Muslims. Shari'a is sometimes crudely characterised by outsiders as a punitive legal system operating broadly outside, and separate from, national laws and customs. This groundbreaking book shows that Shari'a and its 'fiqh' (laws set forward by various Islamic legal schools) comprise a far more nuanced matrix of interpretations than is often assumed to be the case. Far from being monolithic or impervious to change from without, Muslim legal tradition has - since its beginnings in the early Islami. |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Islamic law. |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Dispute resolution (Law) |
Geographic subdivision |
Islamic countries. |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Islamic law |
General subdivision |
Interpretation and construction. |
ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Koha item type |
REGULAR |