Reason, Revelation and Law in Islamic and Western Theory and History

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Praise for Reason, Revelation and Law in Islamic and Western Theory and History -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Reason, Revelation, and Law in Global Historical Perspective -- References -- Chapter 2: The Historical Relation of Islamic and Western Law -- Introduction -- Western as well as Other Non-Islamic Influence on Islamic Law -- The Historical Influence of Islamic on European Law -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Through the Lens of the Qur'anic Covenant: Theories of Natural Law and Social Contract in al-Ṭabarı̄'s Exegesis and History -- Preface -- Introduction -- Natural Law Theory: 'Western' Concepts -- 'Social Contract' -- Covenant, Constitution, Social Contract -- Islamic Natural Law and Social Contract -- Summary and Procedure -- Natural Law and Social Contract in the Qur'an -- Al-Ṭabarı̄'s Exegesis and History -- Al-Madhhab al-jarı̄rı̄ -- Exegesis of al-Nisāʾ, Q. 4: 1 -- Exegesis of Āl ʿImrān, Q. 3: 79 -- Creation in al-Ṭabarı̄'s History -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- I. Primary Sources -- A. al-Ṭabarı̄'s Works -- B. Other Arabic Sources -- C. English Translation -- II. Reference Literature -- Chapter 4: Al-Ghazali's Ethics and Natural Law Theory -- The Prima Facie Opposing Case -- Objectivity of Obligation -- Objectivity of Value -- Reason and Human Nature -- References -- Chapter 5: Elitist Democracy and Epistemic Equality: Aristotle and Ibn Rushd on the Role of Common Beliefs -- Aristotle's Endoxic Method -- Whose Endoxa? Which Method? -- Limitations -- Endoxic Method in Aristotle's Politics -- Ibn Rushd on Common Opinions: Bādı̄ al-rāʾı̄ and the Unwritten Law -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: "A Comparative Study of Reason and Revelation in Relation to Natural and Divine Law in al-Farabi and Ibn Rushd" -- References.