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Structural Interrelations of Theory and Practice in Islamic Law : A Study of Six Works of Medieval Islamic Jurisprudence / Ahmad Atif Ahmad.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ahmad, Ahmad Atif, author.
- Series:
- Studies in Islamic law and society ; Volume 27.
- Studies in Islamic Law and Society Series ; Volume 27
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islamic law--Interpretation and construction.
- Islamic law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvii, 204 p. )
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV, [2006]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume addresses the structural interrelations of Islamic theoretical and practical legal reasoning, based on an analysis of six works of Islamic jurisprudence by authors who lived in Uzbekistan, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, and Algeria between 970 and 1600 CE.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary of Terms
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Chapter I. Terminology and Theoretical Frameworks
- Takhrīj, Uṣūl, and Furūʿ
- The Sources, Components, and Telos of Uṣūl al-fiqh
- Legal Theory and Legal Philosophy
- Law: Islamic and Non-Islamic
- The Question of Genre in Legal Writing
- Chapter II. Impressions and Misconceptions in the Study of Islamic Legal History
- On the Muslim Perspective
- Traditional Approaches to Islamic Legal Historyand the Mabādī of Uṣūl Al-Fiqh
- Ibn Khaldūn's Prolegomenon and the Formation of a Modern Muslim History of Islamic Law
- Uṣūl and Furūʿ in Western Academia
- Uṣūl and Furūʿ from Two Inadequate Perspectives
- Conclusion
- Chapter III. An Overview of Six Takhrīj Works
- Dabbūsī and the Taʾsīs
- Zanjānī and the Takhrīj
- Tilimsānī and the Miftāḥ
- Isnawʾī and the Tamhīd
- Ibn al-Laḥḥām and the Qgwāʿid
- Timurtāshī and the Wuṣūl
- Chapter IV Agency, Responsibility, and Rights
- Grand Legal Theory Uṣūl Al-Fiqh
- GLT Uṣūl Al-Fiqh and Legal Determinations in My Sources
- Agency and Responsibility
- Rights
- Chapter V. The Uṣūl of Legal Hermeneutics
- The Textual Sources of the Law
- The General Theory of Legal Hermeneutics
- Commands and Prohibitions
- Ambiguity
- Interpolation
- Particles
- A fortiori Analogy
- Expressio Unius Est Exclusio Ulterius
- Determining Preponderance among Conflicting Texts
- Chapter VI. Extra-Textual Sources of the Law
- Lost Textual Sources
- Juristic Consensus
- Rational and Amalgamated Sources of the Law
- Utility
- Custom
- Pre-Muḥammadan Laws
- Heirarchy among the Sources Revisited
- Chapter VII. Unclassifiable Uṣūl
- Uṣūl, Theology, and Political Theory: Two Authorities.
- The Jurist's Ḥukm as a Simulacrum of Divinely-Instituted Norms
- Court Decisions
- Law and Authority
- The Jurisdiction of Islamic Law
- Legal Maxims (Qawāʿid Fiqhiyya)
- Definientia
- Independent Reasoning
- Between Legal Maxims and Kalām
- Chapter VIII. The Furūʿ and Their Interrelation with the Uṣūl
- The Scope of the Furūʿ in the Sources of this Study
- Hypothetical Questions and the Interrelation of Legal Theory and Practice
- Final Remarks on the Multidimensional Connections Between Legal Theory and Legal Practice
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789047409168
- 9047409167
- 9781435614871
- 1435614879
- OCLC:
- 184841261
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