the development of the concepts of Urf and 'Adah in the Islamic legal tradition /
First Statement of Responsibility
Ayman Shabana.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2010.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiv, 246 p. ;
SERIES
Series Title
Palgrave series in Islamic theology, law, and history
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Based on author's doctoral dissertation--University of California, Los Angeles, 2009.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Custom and Islamic law in modern scholarship -- Normative foundations of the concept of custom in the Islamic legal tradition -- From Adah to Urf : 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-Qawaid al-Fiqhiyyah -- Custom and the objectives of Shariah : Maqasid al-Shariah -- Custom, legal application, and the construction of reality.