Beschreibung:
Colin Imber was formerly Reader in Turkish at the University of Manchester. His recent publications include Studies in Early Muslim Jurisprudence (1993) and Interpretation and Jurisprudence in Medieval Islam (2006).
In this book, Colin Imber has put together and edited four previously unpublished essays in the field of Islamic law by Norman Calder.
Introduction Robert Gleave; 1. The Hanafi law on fornication; 2. Nawawi and the typologies of fiqh writing; 3. Scholars, muftis, judges, and secular power: the need for distinctions; 4. The social function of fatwas; Afterword: scholarly priorities and Islamic studies: the reviews of Norman Calder Robert Gleave.