Early Maliki Law

Ibn Abd al-Hakam and His Major Compendium of Jurisprudence

Bibliographic Data

ID3958564
AuthorsJoseph Lowry, Jonathan E Brockopp (0000-0002-1326-2718)
Year2002
Volume122
Issue1
Pages91
Publication date2002-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3087658
OpenAlexW2040811747
LanguageEN
Citations received17

This study presents the first biography of 'Abd Allah b. 'Abd al-h akam (d. 214/829), an important figure in the nascent Maliki school, and introduces his compendium of law. The subject of the Arabic text is the law of slavery, and two chapters examine early Maliki slave law in the context of other Near Eastern legal codes. The narrow focus on Ibn 'Abd al-h akam and his Compendium is used to refine the distinction between organic and fixed editions of early legal texts, and also to argue that these texts can be used to reconstruct the thought of even earlier figures, such as Malik B. Anas (d. 179/795). Early Maliki Law should be of value to legal historians, scholars of religion and all those working in the developing field of Slave Studies. The valuable conclusions arising from this study of a single legal text indicate the importance of continued analysis of these early documents, both the few that have been published and the many which remain unexplored in manuscript collections

Compendium · Fiqh · Islam · Jurisprudence · Linguistics · Political science · Sharia · Theology · African history and culture analysis · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classics · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy

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