An Islamic Legal Philosophy
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-58846-1 (ISBN)
While many studies of Islamic law have centered on the development of legal theory and substantive law, especially in their formative period of development, Mariam Sheibani instead argues that the rich legal history of the post-formative period and the Islamic legal philosophy that developed in it have been comparatively neglected. This innovative study traces the ethical turn in medieval Islamic legal philosophy through the pioneering work of the prominent jurist and legal philosopher Izz al-Dīn Ibn ʿAbd al-Salām (d. 660/1262). Sheibani demonstrates how Ibn ʿAbd al-Salām advanced a comprehensive analysis of the law's purposive and coherent rationality, articulated in a distinctive genre, with direct bearing on legal doctrine and social praxis. Ibn ʿAbd al-Salām expanded on previous theological and legal reasoning, furthering two ideas developed by Khurasani Shāfiʿīs: maṣlaḥa (human benefit) and qawāʿid (legal maxims). He also sought to embody and deploy the teachings of his legal philosophy for socio-religious reform in Ayyubid Damascus and Cairo, breaking with the dominant formalism of legal practice. The new forms of legal reasoning and writing that Ibn ʿAbd al-Salām developed would influence subsequent jurists from diverse legal schools and across regional traditions until the present day.
Mariam Sheibani is an assistant professor of Islamic thought at Brandeis University, where her research focuses on Islamic intellectual and social history. Her work has been published in Islamic Law and Society, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, and Religions.
Introduction; 1. The revival of Shāfiʿism and intellectual life in Damascus; 2. Ibn ʿAbd al-Salām's scholarly formation and the politics of patronage in ayyubid Damascus; 3. Maṣlaḥa in Ibn ʿAbd al-Salām's legal philosophy; 4. Legal maxims in Ibn ʿAbd al-Salām's legal philosophy; 5. The application of Ibn ʿAbd al-Salām's legal philosophy in Damascus and Egypt; 6. The reception of Ibn ʿAbd al-Salām's legal philosophy; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 18.11.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 611 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-58846-X / 100958846X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-58846-1 / 9781009588461 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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