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© Brill, Leiden, 2000 Islamic Law and Society 7,2 ISLAMIC LAW IN AL-ANDALUS MARIBEL FIERRO Madrid Five of the six essays included in this theme issue devoted to Islamic law in al-Andalus were originally presented at the II Joseph Schacht Conference on Theory and Practice in Islamic Law: ÒThe role of Q¨´Âs in Islamic Law,Ó held in Granada, Spain, 16-21 December, 1997 (the exception is the essay of K. Miller). As a group, these essays examine different aspects of the Islamic judiciary in the Maghrib and al- Andalus in the period between the fifth/eleventh and the ninth/fifteenth centuries. The Muslim identity of al-Andalus and the Maghrib is closely associated with the M¨lik school of law. Whereas the scholarly literature on M¨likism tends to emphasize historical continuity over change, change figures prominently in A. CarmonaÕs article, devoted to the requirements necessary for a person to be named q¨´Â. Carmona analyzes the writings of Andalus jurists active during the Almoravid and Almohad periods, including Ibn Rushd al-Jadd (d. 520/1126), Q¨´Â ®Iy¨´ (d. 544/1149), and Ibn Rushd al-¼afÂd (d. 590/1194). Building upon the work of the Sh¨fi®Â al-M¨ward (d. 450/1058), these jurists defined the conditions that made a q¨´ÂÕs nomination and
Islamic Law and Society – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2000
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