Disagreements of the Jurists
a manual of islamic legal theory
$37.97
- Paperback
277 pages
- Release Date
2 October 2017
Summary
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 in English for the first time his major work on Islamic legal theory, which presents a legal model in support of the Fatimids’ principle of legitimate rule over the Islamic community. Composed as part of a grand project to establish the theoretical bases of the official Fatimid legal s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781479808076 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1479808075 |
| Series: | Library of Arabic Literature |
| Author: | al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān, Devin Stewart |
| Publisher: | New York University Press |
| Imprint: | New York University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 277 |
| Release Date: | 2 October 2017 |
| Weight: | 408g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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“This book will be useful especially to those who are interested in the history of law and…the history of the Fatimids.”- Speculum
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“Stewart has rendered al-Nu’mans work into intelligible and elegant English, in keeping with the goals of the Library of Arabic Literature series to open up certain valuable and influential works in the Arabic tradition to a wider reading public.
” (Journal of the American Oriental Society) “[Disagreements of the Jurists]is very important for students of jurisprudence and for reconstructing fiqh’s development” (The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences) “This book will be useful especially to those who are interested in the history of law and secondarily those who are interested in the history of the Fatimids.” (Speculum)About The Author
al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān
al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān (Author) Al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān (d. 364⁄974) was born in Tunisia and joined the service of the Fatimids in 313⁄925, eventually rising to the position of supreme judge. As the most important jurist and legal author of the Fatimid Empire, his work founded Ismāʿīlī law as a discipline. Devin Stewart (Edited and Translated by) 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.
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