Legal Doctrines in Conflict: The relevance of Madhhab boundaries to legal reasoning in the light of an unpublished treatise on Taqlīd and Ijtihad

Islamic Law and Society

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 234-304

  Wiederhold, Lutz ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 73649149170     PISSN: 09289380     EISSN: 15685195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568519962599096     Document Type: Article

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