The Codification Episteme in Islamic Juristic Discourse between Inertia and Change

Many historians view Islamic law as an organic and methodologically coherent system in which there is a systematic link between legal methodology (uṣūl) and substantive law (furūʿ). In this essay, I will argue against the conventional view, drawing support from the evolutionary trajectories of four...

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Main Author: Ibrahim, Ahmed Fekry (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 2015, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 157-220
Further subjects:B pragmatic eclecticism
B school boundary-crossing
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