This book brings together the study of two great disciplines of the
Islamic world: law and philosophy. In both sunni and shiite Islam,
it became the norm for scholars to acquire a high level of
expertise in the legal tradition. Thus some of the greatest names
in the history of Aristotelianism were trained jurists, like
Averroes, or commented on the status and nature of law, like
al-Farabi. While such authors sought to put law in its place
relative to the philosophical disciplines, others criticized
philosophy from a legal viewpoint, like al-Ghazali and Ibn
Taymiyya. But this collection of papers does not only explore the
relative standing of law and philosophy. It also looks at how
philosophers, theologians, and jurists answered philosophical
questions that arise from jurisprudence itself. What is the logical
structure of a well-formed legal argument? What standard of
certainty needs to be attained in passing down judgments, and how
is that standard reached? What are the sources of valid legal
judgment and what makes these sources authoritative? May a believer
be excused on grounds of ignorance? Together the contributions
provide an unprecedented demonstration of the close connections
between philosophy and law in Islamic society, while also
highlighting the philosophical interest of texts normally studied
only by legal historians.
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