Narratives of Islamic legal theory [electronic resource] / Rumee Ahmed.
Series: Oxford Islamic legal studies: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780191738074 (ebook) :; 0191738077 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Islamic law -- Interpretation and constructionAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780199640171DDC classification: 340.5'9 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Rumee Ahmed shatters the prevailing misconceptions of the purpose and form of the Islamic legal treatise. Through a subtle interpretation of the work of major Islamic jurists, he reveals how the moral teachings of Islam were translated into a legal context in the critical, formative period of Islamic law.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Rumee Ahmed shatters the prevailing misconceptions of the purpose and form of the Islamic legal treatise. Through a subtle interpretation of the work of major Islamic jurists, he reveals how the moral teachings of Islam were translated into a legal context in the critical, formative period of Islamic law.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 18, 2012).
Includes bibliographical references and index.