00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000009840 20200508204958 200508||||||||| | ||| |||| ||eng|| 978-90-04-31177-0 010-0520009840 eng 341 341/AL-/T al-Alammah al-Hilli The Foundations of Jurisprudence - An Introduction to Imami Shii Legal Theory Leiden Brill 2016 xviii, 274 pages <a href="https://brill.com/view/title/32807">e-book</a> Foundations of Jurisprudence: An Introduction to Imami Shi?i Legal Theory is a critical edition of the Arabic text with a parallel English translation of Mabadi? al-wu?ul ila ?ilm al-u?ul by al-?Allamah al-?illi, introduced, edited and translated by Sayyid Amjad H. Shah Naqavi. Al-?Allamah al-?illi participated in the leading debates of his day and applied his vast erudition in philosophy, logic, and theology to the paramount subject of jurisprudence. This text presents an exemplar of the rich revival of Shi?i scholarship in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries of the Common Era. Concise, yet comprehensive, this work sets the standard for the subsequent development and discussion of Imami Shi?i legal theory, such that its influence can be traced through to modern times. This dual-text edition is indispensable for students and scholars of Imami Shi?i jurisprudence. Islamic Law Middle East and Islamic Studies International Law