ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE IN THE CLASSICAL ERA by Norman Calder, Colin Imber (Editor), Robert Gleave ( 9780521110808 )

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Title:

ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE IN THE CLASSICAL ERA

By:

Norman Calder, Colin Imber (Editor), Robert Gleave

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0521110807

ISBN 13:

9780521110808

Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

22 March, 2010

Pages:

242

Description:

In this book, Colin Imber has put together and edited four previously unpublished essays in the field of Islamic law by Norman Calder.

Synopsis:

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.

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Imprint:

Cambridge University Press

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