The Second Formation of Islamic Law : The Hanafi School in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire (Hardcover)

Introduction; 1. Muft?s; 2. Genealogies and boundaries I: situating the imperial learned hierarchy within the H?anaf? jurisprudential tradition; 3. Genealogies and boundaries II: two responses from the Arab provinces of the empire; 4. Books of high repute; 5. Intra-madhhab plurality and the empire's legal landscape; Conclusion: the second formation of Islamic law.