Authority, Continuity and Change in Islamic Law (Paperback, Digitally printed 1st pbk. ed)

Wael B. Hallaq is regarded as one of the leading scholars in the field of Islamic law. In a path-breaking new book, the author shows how authority guaranteed both continuity and change in Islamic law. While the role of the law schools in augmenting these processes was of the essence, the author demonstrates that it was the construction of the absolutist authority of the school founder, an image which he suggests was actually developed later in history, that maintained the foundations of school methodology and hermeneutics. The defence of that methodology gave rise to an infinite variety of individual legal opinions, ultimately accommodating changes in the law. Thus the author concludes that the mechanisms of change were embedded in the very structure of Islamic law, despite its essentially conservative nature. This book will be welcomed by specialists and scholars in Islamic law for its rigour and innovation.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2005
First published:	2001
Authors:	Wael B. Hallaq
Dimensions:	230 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	284
Edition:	Digitally printed 1st pbk. ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-02393-1
Categories:	Books > Law > Other areas of law > Islamic law Promotions
LSN:	0-521-02393-9
Barcode:	9780521023931

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