FROM REGIONAL TO PERSONAL SCHOOLS OF LAW? A REEVALUATION

Abstract Western scholars have long regarded the legal history of the second/eighth century and the early part of the third/ninth as being dominated by the so-called geographical schools. Since scholars also hold that the later schools of law were personal in nature, it is widely assumed that a tran...

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Main Author: Hallaq, Wael B. 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2001
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 2001, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-26
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Summary:Abstract Western scholars have long regarded the legal history of the second/eighth century and the early part of the third/ninth as being dominated by the so-called geographical schools. Since scholars also hold that the later schools of law were personal in nature, it is widely assumed that a transformation took place from geographical schools to personal schools. In this article, I question these views, arguing (1) that geographical schools never existed; (2) that the later schools were not personal; and (3) that a transformation did in fact take place, albeit from individual juristic doctrines to doctrinal schools.
ISSN:1568-5195
Contains:Enthalten in: Islamic law and society
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/156851901753129656