{"product_id":"disagreements-of-the-jurists-a-manual-of-islamic-legal-theory-paperback","title":"Disagreements of the Jurists: A Manual of Islamic Legal Theory - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAl-Qāḍ Al-Nuʿmān\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDevin Stewart\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eJohn J. Coughlin\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA masterful overview of Islamic law and its diversity\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAl-Qadi al-Nu'man was the chief legal theorist and ideologue of the North African Fatimid dynasty in the tenth century. This translation makes available for the first time in English his major work on Islamic legal theory (\u003ci\u003eusul al-fiqh\u003c\/i\u003e), which presents a legal model in support of the Fatimid claim to legitimate rule. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComposed as part of a grand project to establish the theoretical bases of the official Fatimid legal school, \u003ci\u003eDisagreements of the Jurists\u003c\/i\u003e expounds a distinctly Shi'i system of hermeneutics. The work begins with a discussion of the historical causes of jurisprudential divergence in the first Islamic centuries and goes on to engage, point by point, with the specific interpretive methods of Sunni legal theory. The text thus preserves important passages from several Islamic legal theoretical works no longer extant, and in the process throws light on a critical stage in the development of Islamic legal theory that would otherwise be lost to history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn English-only edition.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eal-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAl-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān \u003c\/b\u003e(d. 364\/974) was born in Tunisia and joined the service of the Fatimids in 313\/925, eventually rising to the position of supreme judge. As the most important jurist and legal author of the Fatimid Empire, his work founded Ismāʿīlī\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003elaw as a discipline. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDevin Stewart (Editor, Translator) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDevin J. Stewart\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Emory University. He has written on the Qurʾan, Shiʿi Islam, and Islamic legal education. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn J. Coughlin (Foreword by) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn J. Coughlin \u003c\/b\u003eis Global Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies and Law and NYU, Abu Dhabi and Affiliated Faculty at NYU Law School and author of \u003ci\u003eCanon Law: A Comparative Study With Anglo-American Legal Theory\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLaw, Person and Community, Theological, Philosophical, and Comparative Perspectives on Canon Law.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Sexton (Foreword by) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn Sexton\u003c\/b\u003e is the Benjamin Butler Professor of Law at NYU and served as the 15th President of NYU from 2002 to 2015. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50728693629234,"sku":"9781479808076","price":26.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/1608\/0946\/files\/VPJC3VJcRs9781479808076.webp?v=1765580140","url":"https:\/\/deskinlawfirm.com\/products\/disagreements-of-the-jurists-a-manual-of-islamic-legal-theory-paperback","provider":"DLF Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}