UID:
almahu_9949701179702882
Format:
1 online resource (296 pages) :
,
illustrations.
ISBN:
9789004661165
Series Statement:
Middle East and Islamic Studies - Book Archive pre-2000 1
Content:
This book deals with an Ayyūbid-Mamlūk Egyptian jurist's attempt to come to terms with the potential conflict between power, represented in the state, and authority, represented in the schools of law, particularly where one school enjoys a privileged status with the state. It deals with the history of the relationship between the schools of law, particularly in Mamlūk Egypt, in the context of the running history of Islamic law from the formative period during which ijtihād was the dominant hegemony, into the post-formative period during which taqlīd came to dominate. It also deals with the internal structure and operation of the madhhab, as the sole repository of legal authority. Finally, the book includes a discussion of the limits of law and the legal process, the former imposing limits on the legal jurisdiction of the jurists and the schools, the latter imposing limits on the executive authority of the state.
Note:
Preliminary Material /
,
English
Additional Edition:
Print version: Islamic Law and the State : The Constitutional Jurisprudence of Shihāb al-Dīn al-Qarāfī. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1996. ISBN 9789004104587
Language:
English
