The epistle on legal theory : a translation of al-Shāfiʿī's Risālah

Author(s)

• Shāfiʿī, Muḥammad ibn Idrīs, 767 or 8
• Lowry, Joseph E. (Joseph Edmund)
• Ali, Kecia

Bibliographic Information

The epistle on legal theory : a translation of al-Shāfiʿī's Risālah

by Muḥammad ibn Idrīs al-Shafiʿī ; translated by Joseph E. Lowryl ; foreword by Kecia Ali

（Library of Arabic literature）

New York University Press, c2015

• : pbk.

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

"The foundational document of Islamic legal theory"--Cover

Details

• NCID: BC02457446
• ISBN:
  • 9781479855445
• LCCN: 2015023279
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xlvi, 338 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : KBP440.62.S53
  • DC23 : 340.5/601
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Islamic law -- Interpretation and construction -- Early works to 1800
  • LCSH : Shafiites -- Early works to 1800
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB12166704