Spirit of Islamic Law

Name: Spirit of Islamic Law
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ISBN: 9780820328270

ISBN-10: 0820328278

ISBN-13: 9780820328270

Edition: 1998

Authors: Bernard G. Weiss, Alan Watson

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This study focuses on a Muslim legal science known in Arabic as usul al-fiqh. Whereas the kindred science of fiqh is concerned with the articulation of actual rules of law, this science elaborates the theoretical and methodological foundations of the law. "The Spirit of Islamic Law" outlines the prominent features of Muslim juristic thought: espousal of divine sovereignty; a fixation on divine texts; an uncompromisingly intentionalist approach to the interpretation of those texts; a frank acknowledgment of the fallibility of human endeavor to capture divine intent; a toleration of legal diversity; a moralistic bent grounded in a particular social vision; and finally, a preoccupation with…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publication date: 3/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.53" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English