Islamic and Jewish Legal Reasoning
Oneworld Academic (Verlag)
978-1-78074-880-1 (ISBN)
By pairing a scholar of Islamic law with a scholar of Jewish law, a unique dynamic is created, and new perspectives are made possible. These new perspectives not only enable an understanding of the other’s legal tradition, but most saliently, they offer new insights into one’s own legal tradition, shedding light on what had previously been assumed to be outside the scope of analytic vision.
In the course of this volume, scholars come together to examine such issues as judicial authority, the legal policing of female sexuality, and the status of those who stand outside one’s own tradition. Whether for the pursuit of advanced scholarship, pedagogic innovation in the classroom, or simply a greater appreciation of how to live in a multi-faith, post-secular world, these encounters are richly-stimulating, demonstrating how legal tradition can be used as a common site for developing discussions and opening up diverse approaches to questions about law, politics, and community. Islamic and Jewish Legal Reasoning offers a truly incisive model for considering the good, the right and the legal in our societies today.
Dr. Anver M. Emon is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Religion, Pluralism and the Rule of Law at the University of Toronto.
Introduction: Islamic and Jewish Legal Reasoning—Beginnings
(Anver M. Emon and Robert Gibbs)
On Reading Together
Formation of a Reading Practice
From Reading Together to Writing Together
PART I
1 Assuming Power: Judges, Imagined Authority, and the Quotidian
(Rumee Ahmed and Aryeh Cohen)
Introduction
Rumee Ahmed
Aryeh Cohen
Rumee Ahmed
Aryeh Cohen: Coda
Conclusion
2 Guardianship of Women in Islamic and Jewish Legal Texts
(Rachel Adler and Ayesha S. Chaudhry)
Introduction
Reading an Islamic Legal Text Together
Reading a Jewish Legal Text Together
Further Reflections: Rachel Adler
Comparative Reflections: Ayesha S. Chaudhry
Conclusion
3 The Cowering Calf and the Thirsty Dog: Narrating and Legislating Kindness to Animals in Jewish and Islamic Texts
(Beth Berkowitz and Marion Katz)
Introduction
Dialogue 1: Legal Obligations toward Animals
Dialogue 2: Compassion toward Animals
Conclusion
4 Policing Women: Virginity Checkers and the Sotah Ordeal as Sites of Women’s Agency
(Ayesha S. Chaudhry and Shari Golberg)
Women Policing Women: From Montreal to Jerusalem
The Hidaya: Testimony in Cases of Zina
Mishnah Sotah: Testimony in the Case of Suspected Adultery
The Adulteress vs. the Adulterer
Conclusion
5 Sovereignty, Law, and the Pedagogy of Historical Fantasy: On the Halakha on the Laws of War and the Fiqh on Dhimmis
(Arye Edrei and Anver M. Emon)
Introduction
Early Rabbinic and Islamic Legal Trajectories
Inverting the Political Form
Conclusion
PART II
6 Cross-Textual Reflections on Tradition, Reason, and Authority
(Adam B. Seligman)
Introduction: Tradition and Reason
Tradition and Dialogue
Authority and Religion
7 The Social Life of Reason
(Robert Gibbs)
A Philosophical Framework
Philosophical Questions
List of Contributors
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 19.05.2016 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 146 x 225 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum |
| Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78074-880-9 / 1780748809 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78074-880-1 / 9781780748801 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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