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Presents a detailed history of Sunni legal pluralism and the ways in which it was employed to accommodate the changing needs of society. In examining over a thousand cases from three seventeenth- and eighteenth century Egyptian courts, Ibrahim traces the internal logic of pragmatic eclecticism under the Ottomans.

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The author examines a vitally important, if little studied, development in Islamic jurisprudential theory and substantive law. . . . Ibrahim forces us to question some of the more popular academic conceptions about Islamic law in history and its evolution in modern centuries."" - Reem Meshal, associate professor of Islamic Studies, Louisiana State University.

""Ibrahim’s impressive and rich book is—and surely will remain in the foreseeable future—the most comprehensive study on tatabbu? al-kukhas, talfiq, and takhayyur, different manifestations of what Ibrahim calls ‘pragmatic eclecticism,’ from the thirteenth century to the Arab spring."" - Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association

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      Publisher: MP-SYR Syracuse University P
      Publication Date: 1/30/2017 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780815635178, 978-0815635178
      ISBN10: 0815635176
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents a detailed history of Sunni legal pluralism and the ways in which it was employed to accommodate the changing needs of society. In examining over a thousand cases from three seventeenth- and eighteenth century Egyptian courts, Ibrahim traces the internal logic of pragmatic eclecticism under the Ottomans.

      Trade Review
      The author examines a vitally important, if little studied, development in Islamic jurisprudential theory and substantive law. . . . Ibrahim forces us to question some of the more popular academic conceptions about Islamic law in history and its evolution in modern centuries."" - Reem Meshal, associate professor of Islamic Studies, Louisiana State University.

      ""Ibrahim’s impressive and rich book is—and surely will remain in the foreseeable future—the most comprehensive study on tatabbu? al-kukhas, talfiq, and takhayyur, different manifestations of what Ibrahim calls ‘pragmatic eclecticism,’ from the thirteenth century to the Arab spring."" - Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association

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