DR Vanja Hamzic vh1@soas.ac.uk
Reader in Law History and Anthropology
Toward an Interruptive History of Islamic Law
Hamzić, Vanja
Authors
Abstract
This paper critically assesses the potentials and the limits of the two major streams of historiography of Islamic law - the 'scripturalist' and the 'new historian' stream - in order to account for many significant yet often overlooked factors that have shaped the course and contents of Islamic legal tradition, including those of (cyclical) globalisation(s), vernacular knowledge systems, cultural revolutions, crude periodisations and modernist re-configurations. The paper looks into historical narratives of Islamic law from various temporal and cultural contexts, in an attempt to challenge the mainstream, non-vernacular periodisations and generalisations of certain long-lasting historical phenomena.
Citation
Hamzić, V. (2013, January). Toward an Interruptive History of Islamic Law. Paper presented at Global Law and Economic Policy Workshop, Institute for Global Law and Policy (of Harvard Law School), Hamad bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
Presentation Conference Type | Conference Paper (unpublished) |
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Conference Name | Global Law and Economic Policy Workshop |
Start Date | Jan 1, 2013 |
End Date | Jan 1, 2013 |
Deposit Date | Sep 4, 2013 |
Keywords | Islamic Law, Islamic Legal Tradition, Islamic Historiography, Historical Methods |
Additional Information | Event Type : Conference |
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