1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911091216203321

Autore

Lowry Joseph E (Joseph Edmund)

Titolo

Early Islamic legal theory : the Risala of Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafii / / by Joseph E. Lowry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden  ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007

ISBN

1-281-93985-4

9786611939854

90-474-2389-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 443 pages)

Collana

Studies in Islamic law and society, , 1384-1130 ; ; v. 30

Disciplina

340.5/9

Soggetti

Islamic law - Interpretation and construction

Shafiites

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-399) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Shafii's concept of the Bayan -- Two hermeneutical techniques -- Prophetic sunna and hadith in the Risala -- The Quran in Shafii's Risala --  Shafii's epistemology -- Internal evidence for the Risala's polemical context -- Ijma in the Risala -- The Risala and its relationship to mature Uml al-Fiqh.

Sommario/riassunto

The Risāla of al-Shāfiʿī (d. 204/820), the earliest preserved work of Islamic legal theory, has been understood in previous scholarship as either the elaboration of a hierarchy of sources of law (Qurʾān, Sunna, consensus, and analogical reasoning) or an extended defense of the Sunna. Through a careful rereading of this celebrated text, this book offers a comprehensive reinterpretation of the Risāla , in which Shāfiʿī formulated an all-encompassing hermeneutic that portrays the law as a tightly interlocking structure organized around defined interactions of the Qurʾān and the Sunna. Topics covered include Shāfiʿī’s creative account of the law’s architectonics, hermeneutical techniques, legal epistemology, relationship to kalām , and the role of consensus ( ijmāʿ ).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911108445003321

Titolo

The New Orleans hurricane protection system : assessing pre-Katrina vulnerability and improving mitigation and preparedness / / Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, Division on Engineering and Physical Systems, National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2009

ISBN

9786612239304

9780309140430

0309140439

9781282239302

1282239309

9780309138345

0309138345

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (59 p.)

Disciplina

363.3492

Soggetti

Hurricane protection - Louisiana - New Orleans

Levees - Louisiana - New Orleans

Flood control - Louisiana - New Orleans

Flood damage prevention - Louisiana - New Orleans

Hurricane Katrina, 2005

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-38).

Nota di contenuto

""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The IPET Draft Final Report""; ""3 Lessons Learned in Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath""; ""References""; ""Appendix A: Statement of Task: Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects""; ""Appendix B: Biographical Information: Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects""

Sommario/riassunto

Hurricane Katrina, which struck New Orleans and surrounding areas in



August 2005, ranks as one of the nation's most devastating natural disasters. Shortly after the storm, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers established a task force to assess the performance of the levees, floodwalls, and other structures comprising the area's hurricane protection system during Hurricane Katrina. This book provides an independent review of the task force's final draft report and identifies key lessons from the Katrina experience and their implications for future hurricane preparedness and planning in the region.