Custom and society in Islamic criminal law: a critical appraisal of the Maxim ‘al-ʿĀdah Muḥakkamah’ (Custom is authoritative) and its sisters in Islamic legal procedures

Abstract Islamic legal maxims promote the spirit of Islamic law through extrapolation of the texts. The legal maxim of al-ʿādah is one of the five basic legal maxims agreed upon among classical Muslim jurists. Despite the wide acceptability of custom in Islamic legal theory and its authoritative...

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Main Author: Zakariyah, Luqman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Koninklijke Brill NV 2012
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/33605/1/Custom_and_Society_in_Arab_Law_Quarterly_Brill.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/33605/
http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/157302512x612159
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