Islamic Law in Contemporary Indonesia: Ideas and
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Feener, R. Michael / Cammack, Mark E., PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press, Although often neglected in ong>theong> literature on Islamic law, contemporary Indonesia is an especially rich source of insight inong>toong> ong>theong> diverse understandings and uses of ong>theong> Islamic legal tradition in ong>theong> modern world. Indonesian Muslims are engaged in vibrant and far-reaching debates over ong>theong> terms, relevance, and developmental limits of Islamic law, and Indonesia is home ong>toong> a variety of dynamic state and non-state institutional structures for ong>theong> generation and application of Islamic doctrine. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> in this volume provide focused examinations of ong>theong> internal dynamics of intellectual and institutional elements of Islamic law in modern Indonesia in its recent formations. ong>Theong> first five chapters address issues relating ong>toong> Islamic legal ong>theong>ory, both its hisong>toong>rical development over ong>theong> past century and analysis of ong>theong> work of specific groups of contemporary scholars, jurists, and activists. ong>Theong> final seven chapters contain studies of more concrete manifestations of Islamic law in modern Indonesia, including court systems, positive law, ong>theong> drafting of new "Islamic" legislation, and contemporary debates over ong>theong> implementation of ong>theong> Shari'a. Taken ong>toong>geong>theong>r ong>theong>se ong>essaysong> offer a series of substantive introductions ong>toong> important developments in both ong>theong> ong>theong>ory and practice of law in ong>theong> world's most populous Muslim society.