Original sentence: A unique feature of the school is the method in which the law was codified: Abu Hanifa would convene and preside over a board of jurists (consisting of about 40-50 of his own students) and each would give his own opinion on a particular legal issue, Abu Hanifa would then decide which is the opinion that is to be selected by corroborating it or sometimes would offer his own unique opinion.Among the four established Sunni schools of legal thought in Islam, the Hanafi school is the oldest, Abu Hanifa was the first to systematically arrange and compile Islamic law.Hanafi school was also one of the widespread schools beside Shaf'i school in Iran, especially in Khorasan, before 1500
Edited sentence: Among the four established Sunni schools of legal thought in Islam, the Hanafi school is the oldest.It has a reputation for putting greater emphasis on the role of reason and being slightly more liberal than the other three schools