Judging in the Islamic, Jewish and Zoroastrian Legal Traditions

A Comparison of Theory and Practice

Janos Jany (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

242 Seiten

2012
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-4094-3716-1 (ISBN)

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Presents a comparative analysis of the judiciary in the Islamic, Jewish and Zoroastrian legal systems. This book compares postulations of legal theory to legal practice in order to show that social practice can diverge significantly from religious and legal principles.

This book presents a comparative analysis of the judiciary in the Islamic, Jewish and Zoroastrian legal systems. It compares postulations of legal theory to legal practice in order to show that social practice can diverge significantly from religious and legal principles. It thus provides a greater understanding of the real functions of religion in these legal systems, regardless of the dogmatic positions of the religions themselves. The judiciary is the focus of the study as it is the judge who is obliged to administer to legal texts while having to consider social realities being sometimes at variance with religious ethics and legal rules deriving from them. This book fills a gap in the literature examining Islamic, Jewish and Zoroastrian law and as such will open new possibilities for further studies in the field of comparative law. It will be a valuable resource for those working in the areas of comparative law, law and religion, law and society, and legal anthropology.

Janos Jany is founder and current Head of the Dept. of International Studies PÃ¡zmÃ¡ny Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary. He is the author of several books on Islamic and Persian law and has published in both Hungarian and English language journals.

Introduction; Part 1 Theory; Chapter 1 Historical Overview; Chapter 2 Legal Theory; Part 2 Practice; Chapter 3 Institutions; Chapter 4 The Judge and the Litigants; Chapter 5 The Judge and Jurisprudence; Chapter 6 The Judge and Society; Chapter 7 Conclusions: Lessons in Legal Sociology;

Reihe/Serie	Cultural Diversity and Law
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	620 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Sozialrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-4094-3716-7 / 1409437167
ISBN-13	978-1-4094-3716-1 / 9781409437161
Zustand	Neuware