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Islamic Law in Theory: Studies on Jurisprudence in Honor of Bernard Weiss, edited by A. Kevin Reinhart and Robert Gleave

Year 2019, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, 123 - 128, 28.11.2019
https://doi.org/10.12730/13091719.2019.101.191

Abstract

First Paragraph: This volume, celebrating Bernard Weiss and his seminal contributions to the study of Islamic jurisprudence, came out of a conference in Alta, Utah, in 2008. It contains a list of Weiss’ publications as well as personal appreciation to the honoree by Peter Sluglett. The editors, Reinhart and Gleave, are to be commended for arranging the thirteen essays in a manner that gives the whole project intellectual coherence and depth without sacrificing the authors’ varied research perspectives toward Islamic legal theory. They divided the contributions into four interrelated sections: Law and Reason, Law and Religion, Law and Language, and Law: Diversity and Authority, acknowledging that there is of course overlap and some chapters fit into more than one section.

References

  • Weiss, Bernard G. 1998. The Spirit of Islamic Law. Athens, Georgia: The University of Georgia Press.
  • Opwis, Felicitas. 2010. Maṣlaḥa and the Purpose of the Law: Islamic Discourse on Legal Change from the 4th/10th to 8th/14th Century. Leiden: Brill.
Year 2019, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, 123 - 128, 28.11.2019
https://doi.org/10.12730/13091719.2019.101.191

Abstract

References

  • Weiss, Bernard G. 1998. The Spirit of Islamic Law. Athens, Georgia: The University of Georgia Press.
  • Opwis, Felicitas. 2010. Maṣlaḥa and the Purpose of the Law: Islamic Discourse on Legal Change from the 4th/10th to 8th/14th Century. Leiden: Brill.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Religious Studies
Journal Section Book Reviews
Authors

Felicitas Opwıs This is me

Publication Date November 28, 2019
Submission Date March 15, 2019
Published in Issue Year 2019 Volume: 10 Issue: 1

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ISNAD Opwıs, Felicitas. “Islamic Law in Theory: Studies on Jurisprudence in Honor of Bernard Weiss, Edited by A. Kevin Reinhart and Robert Gleave”. Ilahiyat Studies 10/1 (November 2019), 123-128. https://doi.org/10.12730/13091719.2019.101.191.
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