Casuistry: Between Legal Concept and Social Praxis

Abstract Casuistry is generally regarded as an important method of reasoning employed by Muslim jurists; Western scholars emphasize its deficiencies and negative effects on the normative structure of Islamic Law, ascribing its preponderance in legal discourse to the quest for abstract thought and ju...

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Main Author: Johansen, Baber (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 1995
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 1995, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 135-156
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