Islamic jurisprudence in the classical era / / Norman Calder ; edited by Colin Imber ; introduction and afterword by Robert Gleave [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456735103321
• Autore: Calder Norman
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-107-20262-0; 1-283-33133-0; 9786613331335; 0-511-67903-3; 0-511-68028-7; 0-511-68226-3; 0-511-67778-2; 0-511-67657-3; 0-511-68424-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vii, 233 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 340.5/9
• Soggetti: Islamic law - History - To 1500
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction / Robert Gleave -- The Ḥanafi law on fornication -- Nawawi ̄and the typologies of fiqh writing -- Scholars, muftis, judges, and secular power : the need for distinctions -- The social function of fatwas -- Afterword : Scholarly priorities and Islamic studies : the reviews of Norman Calder / Robert Gleave.
• Sommario/riassunto: Norman Calder is still considered a luminary in the field of Islamic law. He was one among a handful of Western scholars who were beginning to engage with the subject. In the intervening years, much has changed, and Islamic law is now understood as fundamental to any engagement with the study of Islam, its history, and its society. In this book, Colin Imber has put together and edited four essays by Norman Calder that have never been previously published. Typically incisive, they categorize and analyze the different genres of Islamic juristic ; literature that was produced between the tenth and fourteenth centuries, showing what function they served both in the preservation of Muslim legal and religious traditions and in the day-to-day lives of their communities. The essays also examine the status and role of the jurists themselves and give clear answers to the controversial questions of how far Islamic law and juristic thinking changed over the centuries, and how far it was able to adapt to new circumstances.