The formation of Islamic law / edited by Wael B. Hallaq.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hallaq, Wael B., 1955-

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Formation of the classical Islamic world ; v. 27.

The formation of the classical Islamic world ; v. 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic law--History.

Islamic law.

History.

Physical Description:

xl, 417 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, Great Britain ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate/Variorum, [2004]

Contents:

The Arab conquests and the formation of Islamic society / I.M. Lapidus

Pre-Islamic background and early development of jurisprudence / Joseph Schacht

Foreign elements in ancient Islamic law / Joseph Schacht

The birth-hour of Muslim law?: an essay in exegesis / S.D. Goitein

Two legal problems bearing on the early history of the Qur'ān / Patricia Crone

Unconditional manumission of slaves in early Islamic law: aḥādīth analysis / Ulrike Mitter

The role of non-Arab converts in the development of early Islamic law / Harald Motzki

The judiciary (Qāḍīs) as a governmental-administrative tool in early Islam / Irit Abramski-Bligh

Islam juristic terminology before S̆āfi'ī: A semantic analysis with special reference to Kūfa / Zafar Ishaq Ansari

Was al-Shafi'i the master architect of Islamic jurisprudence? / Wael Hallaq

Muhammad b. Dā'ūd al-Ẓāhirī's Manual of jurisprudence, al-Wuṣūl ilā Ma'rifat al-Uṣūl / Devin Stewart

Early Ijtihād and the later construction of authority / Wael Hallaq

The formation of the Sunnī schools of law / Christopher Melchert

The caliphs, the 'ulamā', and the law: defining the role and function of the caliph in the early 'Abbāsid period / Muhammad Qasim Zaman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0860787141

9780860787143

OCLC:

51637808