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Author Hallaq, Wael B., 1955-

Title Authority, continuity, and change in Islamic law / Wael B. Hallaq
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 269 pages)
Contents Juristic typologies: a framework for enquiry -- Early ijtihād and the later construction of authority -- The rise and augmentation of school authority -- Taqlīd: authority, hermeneutics, and function -- Operative terminology and the dynamics of legal doctrine -- The jurisconsult, the author-jurist, and legal change -- Summary and conclusions
Summary In his latest book, Wael Hallaq examines the relationship between authority, continuity and change in Islamic law and concludes that the mechanisms of change are embedded in its very structure despite its inherent conservatism. Scholars will welcome the intellectual rigor and innovation of this pathbreaking analysis
Analysis Ley Islámica
Islam Autoridad Aspectos religiosos
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-260) and index
Notes English
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Subject Islamic law.
Authority -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
86.14 Islamic law.
RELIGION -- Islam -- Law.
Authority -- Religious aspects -- Islam
Islamic law
Islam
Rechtstheorie
Recht
Islamitisch recht.
Gezag.
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