N J Coulson
Biographic Data
| ID | 378663 |
|---|---|
| NAME | N J Coulson |
| GIVEN NAMES | N J |
| FAMILY NAME | Coulson |
| SIGNATURE | COULSON N J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1956 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A History of Islamic Law
Lawyers, according to Edmund Burke, are bad historians. He was referring to an unwillingness, rather than an inaptitude, on the part of early nineteenth-century English lawyers to concern themselves with the past: for contemporary jurisprudence was a pure and isolated science wherein law appeared as a body of rules, based upon objective criteria, whose nature and very existence were independent of considerations of time and place. Despite the inf…
Succession in the Muslim Family
Journal Article Succession in the Muslim Family Get access Succession in the Muslim Family. By Coulson N.J.. London: Cambridge University Press, 1971. Pp. v, 287. Herbert J. Liebesny Herbert J. Liebesny *National Law Center, George Washington University Torts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 20, Issue 3, 1 July 1972, Pages 563–565, https://doi.org/10.2307/8393…
Succession in the Muslim Family
Muslim law and rules for dealing with the distribution of a dead person's property differ greatly from western law. The system of Muslim law, the SharVa, is derived from the Qur'an and the words of the Prophet himself, and is therefore believed to be of divine inspiration, and not man-made. A variety of schools of law have grown up which interpret the Prophet's sayings, and the practical effect of these different rules of interpretation varies co…
Representational Succession in Contemporary Islamic Law
Islamic Law
An Introduction to Islamic Law
Reform of Family Law in Pakistan
The State and the Individual in Islamic Law
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War and Peace in the Law of Islam
Journal Article War and Peace in the Law of Islam Get access War and Peace in the Law of Islam. By Majid Khadduri. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1955; London, Oxford University Press, 1956. x+321 pp. Bibliog. Index. 83⁄4′′×53⁄4′′. $3.50. 45s. N. J. Coulson N. J. Coulson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 32, Issue 3, July 1956, Pages 383–384, https://doi.org/10.2307/2608217…
Unity and Variety in Muslim Civilization
Journal Article Unity and Variety in Muslim Civilization Get access Unity and Variety in Muslim Civilization. Ed. by Gustave E. von Grunebaum Foreword by Robert Redfield and Milton Singer. Chicago, Ill., University of Chicago Press; London, Cambridge University Press, 1955. xii+385 pp. Illus. Map endpapers. Index. (Comparative Studies of Cultures and Civilizations. Ed. by Robert Redfield and Milton Singer) 93⁄4′′ × 61⁄2′′. 45s. N. J. Coulson N. J…
Doctrine and Practice in Islamic Law: One Aspect of the Problem
The biographer al-Mālikī reports that, in the year A.H. 171, Rūh b. Hatam, the governor of the Maghrib, offered the post of qādī to 'Abd Allāh b. Farūk, a scholar-jurist of Qairawān. 'Ibn Farūk firmly refused the offer. The governor, however, forced him to take his seat in the mosque and ordered the litigants to address their pleas to him, Ibn Farūk weeping the while and crying to them: "Have mercy upon me, that Allah may have mercy upon you". Wh…
Succession in the Muslim Family
Muslim law and rules for dealing with the distribution of a dead person's property differ greatly from western law. The system of Muslim law, the SharVa, is derived from the Qur'an and the words of the Prophet himself, and is therefore believed to be of divine inspiration, and not man-made. A variety of schools of law have grown up which interpret the Prophet's sayings, and the practical effect of these different rules of interpretation varies co…
The State and the Individual in Islamic Law
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Doctrine and Practice in Islamic Law: One Aspect of the Problem
The biographer al-Mālikī reports that, in the year A.H. 171, Rūh b. Hatam, the governor of the Maghrib, offered the post of qādī to 'Abd Allāh b. Farūk, a scholar-jurist of Qairawān. 'Ibn Farūk firmly refused the offer. The governor, however, forced him to take his seat in the mosque and ordered the litigants to address their pleas to him, Ibn Farūk weeping the while and crying to them: "Have mercy upon me, that Allah may have mercy upon you". Wh…
Representational Succession in Contemporary Islamic Law
Reform of Family Law in Pakistan
War and Peace in the Law of Islam
Journal Article War and Peace in the Law of Islam Get access War and Peace in the Law of Islam. By Majid Khadduri. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1955; London, Oxford University Press, 1956. x+321 pp. Bibliog. Index. 83⁄4′′×53⁄4′′. $3.50. 45s. N. J. Coulson N. J. Coulson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 32, Issue 3, July 1956, Pages 383–384, https://doi.org/10.2307/2608217…
Unity and Variety in Muslim Civilization
Journal Article Unity and Variety in Muslim Civilization Get access Unity and Variety in Muslim Civilization. Ed. by Gustave E. von Grunebaum Foreword by Robert Redfield and Milton Singer. Chicago, Ill., University of Chicago Press; London, Cambridge University Press, 1955. xii+385 pp. Illus. Map endpapers. Index. (Comparative Studies of Cultures and Civilizations. Ed. by Robert Redfield and Milton Singer) 93⁄4′′ × 61⁄2′′. 45s. N. J. Coulson N. J…
Doctrine and Practice in Islamic Law: One Aspect of the Problem
The biographer al-Mālikī reports that, in the year A.H. 171, Rūh b. Hatam, the governor of the Maghrib, offered the post of qādī to 'Abd Allāh b. Farūk, a scholar-jurist of Qairawān. 'Ibn Farūk firmly refused the offer. The governor, however, forced him to take his seat in the mosque and ordered the litigants to address their pleas to him, Ibn Farūk weeping the while and crying to them: "Have mercy upon me, that Allah may have mercy upon you". Wh…
Reform of Family Law in Pakistan
The State and the Individual in Islamic Law
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
An Introduction to Islamic Law
Islamic Law
Representational Succession in Contemporary Islamic Law
Succession in the Muslim Family
Journal Article Succession in the Muslim Family Get access Succession in the Muslim Family. By Coulson N.J.. London: Cambridge University Press, 1971. Pp. v, 287. Herbert J. Liebesny Herbert J. Liebesny *National Law Center, George Washington University Torts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 20, Issue 3, 1 July 1972, Pages 563–565, https://doi.org/10.2307/8393…
Succession in the Muslim Family
Muslim law and rules for dealing with the distribution of a dead person's property differ greatly from western law. The system of Muslim law, the SharVa, is derived from the Qur'an and the words of the Prophet himself, and is therefore believed to be of divine inspiration, and not man-made. A variety of schools of law have grown up which interpret the Prophet's sayings, and the practical effect of these different rules of interpretation varies co…
A History of Islamic Law
Lawyers, according to Edmund Burke, are bad historians. He was referring to an unwillingness, rather than an inaptitude, on the part of early nineteenth-century English lawyers to concern themselves with the past: for contemporary jurisprudence was a pure and isolated science wherein law appeared as a body of rules, based upon objective criteria, whose nature and very existence were independent of considerations of time and place. Despite the inf…
Islamic Studies and History (9 works) · Law (9 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Islam (7 works) · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies (7 works) · Theology (7 works) · Marriage and Sexual Relationships (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Sharia (5 works)