Islamic Imperial Law: Harun-Al-Rashid's Codification Project: 19 (Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients, N.F. 19) - Hardcover

Jokisch, Benjamin

 
9783110190489: Islamic Imperial Law: Harun-Al-Rashid's Codification Project: 19 (Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients, N.F. 19)

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Despite the historical and contemporary significance of the Sharia, it has not yet been possible to solve the puzzle of its origins. Whereas previous research has postulated a greater or lesser degree of endogenous Islamic development, the present study reaches a different conclusion, namely that at the end of the 8th century Muslim state lawyers in Baghdad codified an Islamic "Imperial Law", oriented strongly towards Roman-Byzantine law. It is part of an Islamic-Byzantine context, and can only be explained against this intercultural background.

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Benjamin Jokisch, University of Hamburg, Germany.

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