Authority, continuity, and change in Islamic law

Wael B. Hallaq is regarded as one of the leading scholars in the field of Islamic law. In a path-breaking new book, the author shows how authority guaranteed both continuity and change in Islamic law. While the role of the law schools in augmenting these processes was of the essence, the author demo...

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1. Verfasser: Hallaq, Wael B. 1955- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2001
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Juristic typologies: a framework for enquiry
  • Early ijtihād and the later construction of authority
  • The rise and augmentation of school authority
  • Taqlīd: authority, hermeneutics, and function
  • Operative terminology and the dynamics of legal doctrine
  • The jurisconsult, the author-jurist, and legal change
  • Summary and conclusions