Theory and Practice in Islamic Constitutionalism: From Classical Fiqh to Modern Systems

by Pietro Longo

This groundbreaking study investigates theories of Islamic constitutionalism as expressed and implemented throughout the history of Islam. To achieve this, it first traces the roots of caliphate embedded within the seminal legal and political works of classical and modern Muslim thinkers. In its concluding chapters, the study maps out and discusses the subsequent transition of Islamic and Muslim governance into twentieth-century approaches to constitutionalism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1463206933
• ISBN13: 9781463206932
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Gorgias Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"