Ten years after his untimely death, Norman Calder is still
considered a luminary in the field of Islamic law. At the time he
was one among a handful of scholars from the West 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, and Dr. Calder s work is integral to that engagement. 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 are to be
particularly welcomed for giving 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. In his introduction to the volume, Robert Gleave
assesses the place and importance of Norman Calder s work in the
field of Islamic legal studies. This is a groundbreaking book from
one of the most important scholars of his generation."
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