A DEVOTIONAL THEORY OF LAW: EPISTEMOLOGY AND MORAL PURPOSE IN EARLY ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE

The question of the sources of legal normativity continues to haunt legal theorists to this day. While it is largely uncontroversial that modern legal systems claim to produce normative propositions, whether or not there are independent reasons to obey the law remains a contested issue. Those views,...

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Main Author: Farahat, Omar M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2016]
In: Journal of law and religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 42-69
Further subjects:B Uṣūl al-fiqh
B law and morality
B Islamic jurisprudence
B Normativity
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