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Authors: Wael B. Hallaq, Hallaq Wael B.
ISBN-13: 9780521023931, ISBN-10: 0521023939
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: November 2005
Edition: New Edition

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Author Biography: Wael B. Hallaq

Book Synopsis

A penetrating analysis of the relationship between authority, continuity and change in Islamic law.

Table of Contents

Preface
1Juristic typologies: a framework for enquiry1
2Early ijtihad and the later construction of authority24
3The rise and augmentation of school authority57
4Taqlid: authority, hermeneutics, and function86
5Operative terminology and the dynamics of legal doctrine121
6The jurisconsult, the author-jurist, and legal change166
Summary and conclusions236
Bibliography242
Index261

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