Disagreements of the Jurists: A Manual of Islamic Legal Theory Contributor(s): Al-Nuʿmān, Al-Qāḍ (Author), Stewart, Devin (Translator), Coughlin, John J. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1479808075 ISBN-13: 9781479808076 Publisher: New York University Press
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BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Middle Eastern - Religion | Christian Church - Canon & Ecclesiastical Law |
Dewey: 340.59 |
LCCN: 2017024850 |
Series: Library of Arabic Literature |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" L (0.90 lbs) 256 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Islamic - Cultural Region - Middle East |
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Publisher Description: A masterful overview of Islamic law and its diversity Al-Qadi al-Nu'man was the chief legal theorist and ideologue of the North African Fatimid dynasty in the tenth century. This translation makes available for the first time in English his major work on Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh), which presents a legal model in support of the Fatimid claim to legitimate rule. Composed as part of a grand project to establish the theoretical bases of the official Fatimid legal school, Disagreements of the Jurists expounds a distinctly Shi'i system of hermeneutics. The work begins with a discussion of the historical causes of jurisprudential divergence in the first Islamic centuries and goes on to engage, point by point, with the specific interpretive methods of Sunni legal theory. The text thus preserves important passages from several Islamic legal theoretical works no longer extant, and in the process throws light on a critical stage in the development of Islamic legal theory that would otherwise be lost to history. An English-only edition. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stewart, Devin: - Devin J. Stewart is Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Emory University. He has written on the Qurʾan, Shiʿi Islam, and Islamic legal education.Al-Nu'man, Al-Qadi: - Al-Qadi al-Nu'man (d.364 H/974 AD) was born in Tunisia and joined the service of the Fatimids in 313 H/925 AD, eventually rising to the position of supreme judge. As the most important jurist and legal author of the Fatimid Empire, his work founded Isma'ili law as a discipline.Coughlin, John: - John Coughlin is the Global Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies and Law at NYU Abu Dhabi.Sexton, John: - John Sexton is the Benjamin Butler Professor of Law at NYU and served as the 15th President of NYU from 2002 to 2015. |
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