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Pragmatism in Islamic law a social and intellectual history

Title
Pragmatism in Islamic law [electronic resource] : a social and intellectual history / Ahmed Fekry Ibrahim.
Author
Ibrahim, Ahmed Fekry.
Publication
Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, [2015]

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Description
1 online resource (xii, 363 pages) : illustrations.
Series Statement
Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms
Uniform Title
Pragmatism in Islamic law (Online)
Alternative Title
Pragmatism in Islamic law (Online)
Subject
  • Jurisdiction (Islamic law)
  • Jurisdiction (Islamic law) > Egypt
  • Procedure (Islamic law)
  • Islamic law > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-343) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Setting and context -- The codification episteme and the multiplicity of truth -- Juristic discourse prior to the nineteenth century -- Tatabbuʻ al-rukhaʼ in juristic discourse prior to the nineteenth century -- Talfīq in juristic discourse prior to the nineteenth century -- Court practice prior to the nineteenth century -- Pragmatic eclecticism in court practice: a thousand and one cases -- The sweep of modernity -- Juristic discourse on pragmatic eclecticism in modern Egypt -- Codification and the Arab Spring: can the sharīʻa be restored?.
LCCN
2014047345
OCLC
ssj0001497224
Author
Ibrahim, Ahmed Fekry.
Title
Pragmatism in Islamic law [electronic resource] : a social and intellectual history / Ahmed Fekry Ibrahim.
Imprint
Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, [2015]
Series
Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-343) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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