Islamic law and legal theory / edited by Ian Edge.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Material Available on Islamic Legal Theory in English -- 1. Foreign Elements in Ancient Islamic Law / Joseph Schacht -- 2. The Alleged Debt of Islamic to Roman Law / S. V. Fitzgerald -- 3. Islamic and Talmudic Jurisprudence: The Four Roots of Islamic Law and their Talmudic Counterparts / Judith Romney Wegner -- 4. Nature and Sources of Islamic Law / Majid Khadduri -- 5. The Collection of the Quran / John Burton -- 6. The Importance of Tradition for the Study of Islam / A. J. Wensinck -- 7. A Revaluation of Islamic Traditions / Joseph Schacht -- 8. The Basis of Authority of Consensus in Sunnite Islam / Georges F. Hourani -- 9. Non-Analogical Arguments in Sunni Juridical Qiyas / Wael B. Hallaq -- 10. Legal Logic and Equity in Islamic Law / John Makdisi -- 11. Muslim Custom and Case Law / Noel James Coulson -- 12. Interpretation in Islamic Law: The Theory of Ijtihad / Bernard Weiss -- 13. Was the Gate of Ijtihad Closed? / Wael B. Hallaq --

14. The Development of Legal Thought in Hanafi Texts / Yaakov Meron -- 15. Abu Hanifah, Champion of Liberalism and Tolerance in Islam / Charles C. Adams -- 16. Al-Shafii Role in the Development of Islamic Jurisprudence / Ahmad Hasan -- 17. Doctrine and Practice in Islamic Law: One Aspect of the Problem / N. J. Coulson -- 18. Ali in Shiah Tradition / W. A. Rice -- 19. The Shiah Doctrine of the Imamate / Dwight M. Donaldson -- 20. The Ithna Ashari-Shii Juristic Theory of Political and Legal Authority / Joseph Eliash -- 21. Law as a Social Force in Islamic Culture and History / J. N. D. Anderson -- 22. Problems of Modern Islamic Legislation / Joseph Schacht -- 23. Modern Trends in Islam: Legal Reform and Modernisation in The Middle East / J. N. D. Anderson -- 24. The Contribution of the Modernists to the Secularization of Islamic Law / Aharon Layish -- 25. Accommodation and Revolution in Imami Shii Jurisprudence: Khumayni and the Classical Tradition / Norman Calder.