Al-qawa'id al-fiqhiyyah (Islamic legal maxims) : concept, functions, history, classifications and application to contemporary medical issues

This thesis analyses al-qawa'id al-fiqhiyyah (Islamic legal maxims), one of the significant disciplines of Islamic legal thought. It aims to introduce the subject theoretically and practically. For the former, it introduces the principal abstract areas relating to the discipline: namely, defini...

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Main Author: Elgariani, Fawzy Shaban
Other Authors: Gleave, Robert
Published: University of Exeter 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579835