Hallaq, Wael B.,  1955- <br/><br/>
Authority, continuity, and change in Islamic law / 
Wael B. Hallaq. 
 - Cambridge, UK ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  2001. 
 - 1 online resource (xiv, 269 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-260) and index. 
<br/><br/>Juristic typologies: a framework for enquiry -- Early ijtihād and the later construction of authority -- The rise and augmentation of school authority -- Taqlīd: authority, hermeneutics, and function -- Operative terminology and the dynamics of legal doctrine -- The jurisconsult, the author-jurist, and legal change -- Summary and conclusions. 
<br/><br/> In his latest book, Wael Hallaq examines the relationship between authority, continuity and change in Islamic law and concludes that the mechanisms of change are embedded in its very structure despite its inherent conservatism. Scholars will welcome the intellectual rigor and innovation of this pathbreaking analysis. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0511017804 9780511017803 0521803314 9780521803311 0511173954 9780511173950 9780511495557 0511495552 9780511047961 0511047967 0511153295 9780511153297 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Islamic law.<br/>Authority--Religious aspects--Islam.<br/>Authority.<br/>Islamic law.<br/>Droit islamique.<br/>Autorité--Aspect religieux--Islam.<br/>RELIGION--Islam--Law.<br/>Authority--Religious aspects--Islam.<br/>Islamic law.<br/>Islamitisch recht.<br/>Gezag.<br/>Islam.<br/>Rechtstheorie.<br/>Recht.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Ley Islámica Islam  Autoridad  Aspectos religiosos. 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BP163  / .H35 2001eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>340.5/9