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The origins of Muhammadan jurisprudence

Joseph Schacht 1967 © Joseph Schacht
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  • 9781597401180 (hardcover)
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  • Middle Eastern: General & Multiperiod
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  • PART I THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEGAL THEORY
    • CHAPTER 1. THE CLASSICAL THEORY OF MUHAMMADAN LAW. THE FUNCTION OF TRADITIONS (page 1)
    • CHAPTER 2. THE ANCIENT SCHOOLS OF LAW. SHAFI'I'S ATTITUDE TO THEM (page 6)
    • CHAPTER 3. SHAFI'I AND LEGAL TRADITIONS (page 11)
    • CHAPTER 4. TRADITIONS IN THE ANCIENT SCHOOLS OF LAW (page 21)
    • CHAPTER 5. TECHNICAL CRITICISM OF TRADITIONS BY SHAFI'I AND HIS PREDECESSORS (page 36)
    • CHAPTER 6. ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST TRADITIONS (page 40)
    • CHAPTER 7. SUNNA, 'PRACTICE,' AND 'LIVING TRADITION' (page 58)
    • CHAPTER 8. CONSENSUS AND DISAGREEMENT (page 82)
    • CHAPTER 9. ANALOGY, SYSTEMATIC REASONING, AND PERSONAL OPINION (page 98)
    • CHAPTER 10. FINAL REMARKS ON LEGAL THEORY (page 133)
  • PART II THE GROWTH OF LEGAL TRADITIONS
    • CHAPTER 1. PRELIMINARY REMARKS (page 138)
    • CHAPTER 2. THE GROWTH OF LEGAL TRADITIONS IN THE LITERARY PERIOD. CONCLUSIONS ON THE PRE-LITERARY PERIOD (page 140)
    • CHAPTER 3. THE CONFLICT OF DOCTRINES AS REFLECTED IN THE GROWTH OF TRADITIONS (page 152)
    • CHAPTER 4. THE EVIDENCE OF ISNADS (page 163)
    • CHAPTER 5. THE ORIGIN OF LEGAL TRADITIONS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE SECOND CENTURY A.H. (page 176)
    • CHAPTER 6. LEGAL MAXIMS IN TRADITIONS (page 180)
  • PART III THE TRANSMISSION OF LEGAL DOCTRINE
    • CHAPTER 1. UMAIYAD PRACTICE AS THE STARTING-POINT OF MUHAMMADAN JURISPRUDENCE (page 190)
    • CHAPTER 2. COMMON ANCIENT DOCTRINE AND CROSS- INFLUENCES (page 214)
    • CHAPTER 3. THE KORANIC ELEMENT IN EARLY MUHAMMADAN LAW (page 224)
    • CHAPTER 4. THE IRAQIANS (page 228)
    • CHAPTER 5. THE MEDINESE AND MECCANS (page 243)
    • CHAPTER 6. THE TRADITIONISTS (page 253)
    • CHAPTER 7. THE MU'TAZILA (page 258)
    • CHAPTER 8. KHARIJI LAW (page 260)
    • CHAPTER 9. SHI'A LAW (page 262)
  • PART IV THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL LEGAL THOUGHT
    • CHAPTER 1. THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEGAL REASONING IN GENERAL (page 269)
    • CHAPTER 2. SYSTEMATIZING AND ISLAMICIZING (page 283)
    • CHAPTER 3. AUZA'I'S REASONING (page 288)
    • CHAPTER 4. THE REASONING OF INDIVIDUAL IRAQIANS (page 290)
    • CHAPTER 5. MALIK'S REASONING (page 311)
    • CHAPTER 6. SHAFI'I'S REASONING (page 315)
  • EPILOGUE (page 329 )
  • APPENDIX I. CHRONOLOGY OF SHAFI'I'S WRITINGS (page 330 )
  • APPENDIX II. LIST OF PARAGRAPHS IN SHAFI'I'S TREATISES (page 331 )
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY AND LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS (page 336 )
  • INDEX OF LEGAL PROBLEMS ()
  • GENERAL INDEX (page 344 )
  • ADDENDA (page 349 )
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JNES 47.3 (Jul. 1988): 228-229 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-2968%28198807%2947%3A3%3C228%3AOSOOMJ%3E2.0.CO%3B2-M
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