The Second Formation of Islamic Law

The Second Formation of Islamic Law
Author: Guy Burak
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2015-01-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 110709027X

The Second Formation of Islamic Law offers a new periodization of Islamic legal history in the eastern Islamic lands.

History of Islamic Law

History of Islamic Law
Author: Noel Coulson
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2014-03-11
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0748696490

The classic introduction to Islamic law, tracing its development from its origins,through the medieval period, to its place in modern Islam.

Doubt in Islamic Law

Doubt in Islamic Law
Author: Intisar A. Rabb
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 431
Release: 2015
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107080991

This book considers the rarely studied but pervasive concepts of doubt that medieval Muslim jurists used to resolve problematic criminal cases.

The Canonization of Islamic Law

The Canonization of Islamic Law
Author: Ahmed El Shamsy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2013-10-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107041481

Ahmed El Shamsy's The Canonization of Islamic Law is a detailed history of the birth of classical Islamic law. It shows how Islamic law and its institutions emerged out of the canonization of the sacred sources of Quran and Sunna (prophetic practice) in the eighth and ninth centuries CE. The book focuses on the ideas and influence of the jurist al-Shāfiʿī (d. 820 CE), who inaugurated the process of canonization, and it paints a rich picture of the intellectual engagements, political turbulence, and social changes that formed the context of his and his followers' careers.

The Formation of the Sunni Schools of Law

The Formation of the Sunni Schools of Law
Author: Christopher Melchert
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 282
Release: 1997
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9789004109520

Melchert traces the emergence of jurisprudence by h ad th, the personalization of the old regional schools in response, and finally the emergence of the classical, guild schools, with regular means of forming students, in the early tenth century.

The Formation of Islamic Hermeneutics

The Formation of Islamic Hermeneutics
Author: David R. Vishanoff
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780940490314

This book is the first historical analysis of those parts of Islamic legal theory that deal with the language of revelation, and a milestone in reconstructing the missing history of legal theory in the ninth and tenth centuries. It offers a fresh interpretation of al-Shafii's seminal thought, and traces the development of four different responses to his hermeneutic, culminating in the works of Ibn Hazm, Abd al-Jabbar, al-Baqillani, and Abu Yala Ibn al-Farra. It reveals startling connections between rationalism and literalism, and documents how the remarkable diversity that characterized even traditionalist schools of law was eclipsed in the fifth/eleventh century by a pragmatic hermeneutic that gave jurists the interpretive power and flexibility they needed to claim revealed status for their legal doctrines. More than a detailed and richly documented history, this book opens new avenues for the comparative study of legal and hermeneutical theories, and offers new insights into unstated premises that shape and restrict Muslim legal discourse today. The book is of interest to all occupied with classical Islam, the development of Islamic law, and comparative hermeneutical research.

An Introduction to Islamic Law

An Introduction to Islamic Law
Author: Wael B. Hallaq
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2009-07-09
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1139489305

The study of Islamic law can be a forbidding prospect for those entering the field for the first time. Wael Hallaq, a leading scholar and practitioner of Islamic law, guides students through the intricacies of the subject in this absorbing introduction. The first half of the book is devoted to a discussion of Islamic law in its pre-modern natural habitat. The second part explains how the law was transformed and ultimately dismantled during the colonial period. In the final chapters, the author charts recent developments and the struggles of the Islamists to negotiate changes which have seen the law emerge as a primarily textual entity focused on fixed punishments and ritual requirements. The book, which includes a chronology, a glossary of key terms, and lists of further reading, will be the first stop for those who wish to understand the fundamentals of Islamic law, its practices and history.

A History of Islamic Legal Theories

A History of Islamic Legal Theories
Author: Wael B. Hallaq
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1997
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780521599863

Wael B. Hallaq has already established himself as one of the most eminent scholars in the field of Islamic law. In this book, first published in 1997, the author traces the history of Islamic legal theory from its early beginnings until the modern period. Initially, he focuses on the early formation of this theory, analysing its central themes and examining the developments which gave rise to a variety of doctrines. He concludes with a discussion of modern thinking about the theoretical foundations and methodology of Islamic law. In organisation, approach to the subject and critical apparatus, the book will be an essential tool for the understanding of Islamic legal theory in particular and Islamic law in general. This, in combination with an accessibility of language and style, will guarantee a readership among students and scholars and anyone interested in Islam and its evolution.

The Islamic Scholarly Tradition

The Islamic Scholarly Tradition
Author: Michael A. Cook
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2011-03-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004194355

Bringing together the expansive scholarly expertise of former students of Professor Michael Allan Cook, this volume contains highly original articles in Islamic history, law, and thought. The contributions range from studies in the pre-Islamic calendar, to the "blood-money group" in Islamic law, to transformations in Arabic logic.

A History of the Early Islamic Law of Property

A History of the Early Islamic Law of Property
Author: Hiroyuki Yanagihashi
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2021-10-11
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9047413415

The present book is devoted to an analysis of positive solutions concerning matters related to civil liability, certain kinds of sale that would evolve into agency and some forms of partnership, and the prohibition of ribā.