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Between God and the Sultan : a history of Islamic law

Paperback • 2005 • English

Between God and the Sultan : a history of Islamic law

By Knut S. Vikør

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About the book

This introduction to Islamic jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh) summarizes its major concepts and presents the contemporary debates among historians concerning the historicity of the Islamic sources of dogma, and of the dating of early Islamic law. It describes the classical practice of the law, in the formulation and elaboration of the legal rules (fatwas, furu' works, mukhtasars and so forth) and in the paradigms of legal practice in the courts. It summarizes various types of Islamic substantive leg...Show more

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9781850657385

Publisher

London : Hurst

Published year

2005

Language

English

Original title

Between God and the Sultan : a history of Islamic law

Format

Paperback

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