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Narratives of Islamic Legal Theory (Hardcover)
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Narratives of Islamic Legal Theory (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Islamic Legal Studies
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In the critical period when Islamic law first developed, a new
breed of jurists developed a genre of legal theory treatises to
explore how the fundamental moral teachings of Islam might operate
as a legal system. Seemingly rhetorical and formulaic, these
manuals have long been overlooked for the insight they offer into
the early formation of Islamic conceptions of law and its role in
social life. In this book, Rumee Ahmed shatters the prevailing
misconceptions of the purpose and form of the Islamic legal
treatise. Ahmed describes how Muslim jurists used the genre of
legal theory to argue for individualized, highly creative
narratives about the application of Islamic law while demonstrating
loyalty to inherited principles and general prohibitions. These
narratives are revealed through careful attention to the nuanced
way in which legal theorists defined terms and concepts particular
to the legal theory genre, and developed pictures of multiple
worlds in which Islamic law should ideally function. Ahmed takes
the reader into the logic of Islamic legal theory to uncover
diverse conceptions of law and legal application in the Islamic
tradition, clarifying and making accessible the sometimes obscure
legal theories of central figures in the history of Islamic law.
The book offers important insights about the ways in which legal
philosophy and theology mutually influenced premodern jurists as
they formulated their respective visions of law, ethics, and
theology. The volume is the first in the Oxford Islamic Legal
Studies series. Satisfying the growing interest in Islam and
Islamic law, the series speaks to both specialists and those
interested in the study of a legal tradition that shapes lives and
societies across the globe. The series features innovative and
interdisciplinary studies that explore Islamic law as it operates
in shaping private decision making, binding communities, and as
domestic positive law. The series also sheds new light on the
history and jurisprudence of Islamic law and provides for a richer
understanding of the state of Islamic law in the contemporary
Muslim world, including parts of the world where Muslims are
minorities.
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