Introduction; 1. Muftīs; 2. Genealogies and boundaries I: situating the imperial learned hierarchy within the Ḥanafī jurisprudential tradition; 3. Genealogies and boundaries II: two responses from the Arab provinces of the empire; 4. Books of high repute; 5. Intra-madhhab plurality and the empire's legal landscape; Conclusion: the second formation of Islamic law.
The Second Formation of Islamic Law offers a new periodization of Islamic legal history in the eastern Islamic lands.
Guy Burak is the Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Librarian at New York University's Bobst Library. Previously, Burak was a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, and in the Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School. His articles have appeared in the International Journal of Middle East Studies, Comparative Studies in Society and History, the Mediterranean Historical Review, and the Journal of Islamic Studies.
'What is immediately striking, and indeed exciting, about this work
is the breadth and detail of the author's research, which has
allowed him to reconstruct some details of the Ottoman legal
establishment which have hitherto remained obscure … What the
author records, with a richness of detail that can only be hinted
at here, is the increasing formalization and central control of the
institutions of law in the Ottoman Empire.' Colin Imber, Journal of
Islamic Studies
'Burak displays an impressive command of Ottoman legal writings,
both published and in manuscript. This is by far the most detailed
examination to date of the legal literature of the period … Burak
has given Ottomanists and students of early modern Islamic empires
much to consider, and for that he is to be thanked. This book is an
important reference for anyone studying the development of law in
the Ottoman Empire.' Adam Sabra, The American Historical Review
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