So closely is the early development of the Hanafi school interwoven with non-legal spheres--the political, social, and theological--that its study is essential to a proper understanding of medieval Islamic history. Tsafrir offers a thorough examination of the first century and a half of the school's existence, the period during which it took shape.
The essays in this volume provide focused examinations of the internal dynamics of intellectual and institutional Islamic law in modern Indonesia, together offering a substantive introduction to important developments in both the theory and practice of law in the world's most populous Muslim society.
Legislation as Islamic law Jurisprudence ( fiqh ) is the primary source of
substantive and procedural law for Islamic courts . However , in light of the
scarcity of judges who have attained an adequate mastery of Islamic jurisprudence , many ...
A Comparative Study of Custom During the Geonic Period
This is the first attempt to present a comprehensive comparative study of Jewish-Islamic law on a particular topic during the early Middle Ages. Libson's in-depth study of Islamic law, together with his expertise in the wide range of geonic and rabbinic literature, enable him to determine the influence of Muslim practice on geonic custom.
Islam and Lex gentium ” ( in Hebr . ) , in The Arab States : Processes and Basic
Problems ( in Hebr . ) , ed . E . Shaked , Tel Aviv 1978 , pp . 43 – 50 . - " Sharī ' a
and Namus in the Philosophical Thought of Maimonides ” ( in Hebr . ) , in
Teʻudah ...
These selected papers from the III International Conference on Islamic Legal Studies, held in 2000 at Harvard Law School, offer building blocks toward the entire edifice of understanding the complex development of the madhhab, a development that, even in the contemporary dissolution of madhhab lines and grouping, continues to fascinate.
From Fatwas to Furūʻ : Growth and Change in Islamic Substantive Law , ” in Islamic Law and Society , 1 : 29 – 65 . - 1994b . “ Murder in Cordoba : ijtihād , iftā '
and the Evolution of Substantive Law in Mediaeval Islam , ” in Acta Orientalia , 55
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