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Custom in Islamic law and legal theory : the development of the concepts of ʻUrf and ʻĀdah in the Islamic legal tradition / Ayman Shabana.

By: Series: Palgrave series in Islamic theology, law, and historyPublication details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 246 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780230105928 :
  • 0230105920 :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • KBP455 .S52 2010
Contents:
Custom and Islamic law in modern scholarship -- Normative foundations of the concept of custom in the Islamic legal tradition -- From ʻĀdah to ʻUrf : theological foundations of the concept of custom as reflected in the debate over causality -- Custom between the theoretical school and the applied school -- The expansion of legal theory -- Custom and legal maxims al-Qawāʻid al-Fiqhiyyah -- Custom and the objectives of Sharīʻah : Maqāsid al-Sharīʻah -- Custom, legal application, and the construction of reality.
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection KBP 455 .S52 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5051720

Based on author's doctoral dissertation--University of California, Los Angeles, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-239) and index.

Custom and Islamic law in modern scholarship -- Normative foundations of the concept of custom in the Islamic legal tradition -- From ʻĀdah to ʻUrf : theological foundations of the concept of custom as reflected in the debate over causality -- Custom between the theoretical school and the applied school -- The expansion of legal theory -- Custom and legal maxims al-Qawāʻid al-Fiqhiyyah -- Custom and the objectives of Sharīʻah : Maqāsid al-Sharīʻah -- Custom, legal application, and the construction of reality.

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