Colin Imber Ebu's-suud Islamic Law Book sku-354031438

Colin Imber's Middle Eastern History Books title, sku-354031438, examines the jurist Ebu's-suud (c. 1490–1574) and his place in Islamic legal history. An Ottoman tradition dating from the seventeenth century, often repeated by modern historians, holds that he harmonized secular law with the shari 'a and thereby created a new ideal Islamic legal system.

Imber tests that claim across five areas: the Sultan and legal sovereignty; land tenure and taxation; trusts in mortmain; marriage and the family; and crimes and torts. For each, he explains rules and concepts from the Islamic juristic tradition, translates selected writings by Ebu's-suud and offers a brief analysis.

He leaves readers to judge whether Ebu's-suud reconciled Ottoman secular legal practice with sacred law. This is a hardcover book.