Authority, Continuity and Change in Islamic Law
Edition: Digitally Printed 1st Pbk. Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 17, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780521023931
Subjects: Islamic law; Interpretation and construction; Law; History - General History; Islam - Law; General; History-General; Islamic law Islamic law; Law / General; Law-General; Religion / Islam / Law; Authority; Islam; Religious aspects
First sentence: A juristic typology is a form of discourse that reduces the community of legal specialists into manageable, formal categories, taking into consideration the entire historical and synchronic range of that community's juristic activities and functions.