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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.

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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