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    <title>Maṣlaḥa and the purpose of the law</title>
    <subTitle>Islamic discourse on legal change from the 4th/10th to 8th/14th century</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Opwis, Felicitas Meta Maria.</namePart>
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    <publisher>Brill</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2010</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
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    <extent>xiv, 370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Introduction -- The emergence of Maṣlaḥa as a legal concept -- Integrating Maṣlaḥa into legal analogy (Qiyās) -- Applying Maṣlaḥa in legal precepts (Qawāʻid) -- Using substantive legal reasoning to integrate Maṣlaḥa into the law -- A comprehensive theory of Maṣlaḥa -- Conclusions.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">by Felicitas Opwis.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-362) and index.</note>
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    <topic>Istiṣlāḥ (Islamic law)</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Common good</topic>
    <topic>History</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Public interest law</topic>
    <topic>History</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Islamic law</topic>
    <topic>Interpretation and construction</topic>
    <topic>History</topic>
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  <classification authority="ddc" edition="22">340.59 OPM</classification>
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      <title>Studies in Islamic law and society ; v. 31</title>
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  <identifier type="isbn">9789004184169 (hbk. : alk. paper)</identifier>
  <identifier type="isbn">9004184163 (hbk. : alk. paper)</identifier>
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