Islamic Law and the State: The Constitutional Jurisprudence of Shihāb Al-Dīn Al-Qarāfī

by Sherman A. Jackson

This book deals with an Ayyūbid-Mamlūk Egyptian jurist's attempt to come to terms with the potential conflict between power, represented in the state, and authority, represented in the schools of law, particularly where one school enjoys a privileged status with the state. It deals with the history of the relationship between the schools of law, particularly in Mamlūk Egypt, in the context of the running history of Islamic law from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004104585
• ISBN13: 9789004104587
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.7"