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1 Online-Ressource (vii, 233 pages)
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ISBN:
9780511676574
Content:
Norman Calder is still considered a luminary in the field of Islamic law. He was one among a handful of Western scholars who were beginning to engage with the subject. In the intervening years, much has changed, and Islamic law is now understood as fundamental to any engagement with the study of Islam, its history, and its society. In this book, Colin Imber has put together and edited four essays by Norman Calder that have never been previously published. Typically incisive, they categorize and analyze the different genres of Islamic juristic literature that was produced between the tenth and fourteenth centuries, showing what function they served both in the preservation of Muslim legal and religious traditions and in the day-to-day lives of their communities. The essays also examine the status and role of the jurists themselves and give clear answers to the controversial questions of how far Islamic law and juristic thinking changed over the centuries, and how far it was able to adapt to new circumstances
Content:
Introduction / Robert Gleave -- The Ḥanafi law on fornication -- Nawawi ̄and the typologies of fiqh writing -- Scholars, muftis, judges, and secular power : the need for distinctions -- The social function of fatwas -- Afterword : Scholarly priorities and Islamic studies : the reviews of Norman Calder / Robert Gleave
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521110808
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107654891
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521110808
Language:
English
Subjects:
Law
Keywords:
Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511676574
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