Fatwas and court judgments
Subtitle: a genre analysis of Arabic legal opinion
By: Ahmed Fakhri
Publisher: The Ohio State University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Columbus
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9780814212448
Subjects: Islamic law; Language; Fatwas; Judgments (Islamic law); Arabic language; Discourse analysis; Sociolinguistics
Description: By examining Arabic legal opinions, Ahmed Fakhri seeks to understand how the organization of these texts accomplishes specific social goals. In doing so, he hopes to illuminate socio-cultural practices among those who produce and use these texts. Like other sociolinguistics projects, this manuscript unites texts with their social contexts. Fakhri also points out that legal texts have traditionally held an important place in Arabic culture and therefore provide an especially illuminating window into the broader realm of Arabic thought and culture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Purpose and rationale; title: Theoretical and analytical framework; title: Rhetorical analysis; title: Linguistic properties of court judgments and fatwas; title: Conclusions and implications.