Pragmatism in islamic law: a social and intellectual history
Auteur :
Ibrahim, Ahmed Fekry
Éditeur :
Syracuse University Press
ISBN :
9780815635178
Date de publication :
31 janv. 2017
Dimensions :
22,3 x 15,0 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
520 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Presents a detailed history of Sunni legal pluralism and the ways in which it was employed to accommodate the changing needs of society. In examining over a thousand cases from three seventeenth- and eighteenth century Egyptian courts, Ibrahim traces the internal logic of pragmatic eclecticism under the Ottomans.