Narratives of Islamic Legal Theory

Zusatztext This book is absolutely first-rate and it is difficult for me to praise this book too highly. Informationen zum Autor Rumee Ahmed is Associate Professor of Islamic Law in the Department of Classics, Near Eastern and Religious Studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He received his doctorate from the University of Virginia in Religious Studies, in the Islamic Scripture, Interpretation and Practice program. His research interests include Islamic law, theology, legal theory, and Qur'an interpretation. Klappentext In this book 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. Zusammenfassung In this book 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.

Product details

• Authors: Rumee Ahmed, Rumee (Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies Ahmed, Ahmed Rumee
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2012
• EAN: 9780199640171
• ISBN: 978-0-19-964017-1
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Oxford Islamic Legal Studies; Oxford Islamic Legal Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History; RELIGION / Islam / Rituals & Practice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Islamic Studies, Islamic Law, Islamic Life & Practice, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Systems of law: Islamic law, LAW / Islamic, Islamic life and practice, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law