Islamic law and international human rights law : searching for common ground?
Title By: Emon, Anver M [Edited by] | Ellis, Mark [Edited by] | Glahn, Benjamin [Edited by]
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2012.Description: xv, 400 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 978-0199641451Subject(s): Islamic Law | Law and Politics | International Human Rights LawDDC classification: 297.14 IS LA| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Islamic Collection | 297.14 IS LA (Browse shelf) | Available | T0056925 |
Foreword ; 1. Editors' Introduction ; PART I: ISLAMIC LAW AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW ; Narrating Law ; Shari'a and the Modern State ; Commentary to Anver M. Emon "Shari'a and the Modern State" and Kathleen Cavanaugh "Narrating Law" ; Clearing Ground: Comment on "Shari'a and the Modern State" ; Commentary: Shari'a as Rule of Law ; PART II: FREEDOM OF SPEECH ; Rethinking the Universality of Human Rights: A Comparative Historical Proposal for the Idea of "Common Ground" with Other Moral Traditions ; Negotiating Speech in Islamic Law and Politics: Flipped Traditions of Expression ; The Great Divide and the Common Ground Between the United States and the Rest of the World ; PART III: FREEDOM OF RELIGION ; Freedom of Religion and Belief in International Law: A Comparative Analysis ; Pre-Modern Islamic Legal Restrictions on Freedom of Religion, with Particular Reference to Apostasy and its Punishment ; The Freedom of Religion and Expression: A Rule of Law Perspective ; Commentary ; PART IV: WOMEN'S EQUALITY ; Unveiling Equality: Disciplining the 'Other' Woman Through Human Rights Discourse ; Women in Search of Common Ground Between Islamic and International Human Rights Law ; Women and Islamic Law - Commentary ; Islamic and International Law: Searching for Common Ground: Musawah, CEDAW, and Muslim Family Laws in the 21st Century ; PART V: MINORITY RIGHTS ; Religious Minorities and Islamic Law: Accommodation and the Limits of Tolerance ; The Dialectic of International Law and the Contested Approaches to Minority Rights ; Religious Minorities and Islamic Law ; Islam vs. the Shari'a: Minority Protection within Islamic and International Legal Traditions ; Epilogue: Common Ground or Clearing Ground?
Deepening the discussion of the relationship between Islamic law and human rights, this volume gathers leading experts in both fields to examine how each system protects and limits fundamental freedoms. From gender equality to freedom of religion the book explores the main flashpoints in the debate, examining the operation of the law in context.