Authority, Conflict, and the Transmission of Diversity in Medieval Islamic Law

Authority, Conflict, and the Transmission of Diversity in Medieval Islamic Law
Author: Kevin Jaques
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2006-04-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9047408470

This publication examines how a medieval Syrian Shāfiʿī jurist, Ibn Qāḍī Shuhbah (d. 851/1448), depicted the formation, decline, and the sources for the revival of Islamic law based on his Ṭabaqāt al-fuqahāʾ al-shāfiʿīyah (The Generations of the Shāfiʿī Jurists).