Falsafa and Law

The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Law, eds., Anver M. Emon and Rumee Ahmed, Forthcoming

Yale Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 554

33 Pages Posted: 19 Oct 2015 Last revised: 8 May 2016

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Andrew F. March

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Date Written: October 19, 2015

Abstract

This chapter surveys the treatment of law within classical Islamic philosophy (falsafa), focusing on al-Fārābī, Ibn Sīna (Avicenna), Ibn Bājja (Avempace), Ibn Ṭufayl and Ibn Rushd (Averroes).

Keywords: Falsafa, Arabic philosophy, law

Suggested Citation

March, Andrew F., Falsafa and Law (October 19, 2015). The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Law, eds., Anver M. Emon and Rumee Ahmed, Forthcoming , Yale Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 554, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2676091

Andrew F. March (Contact Author)

University of Massachusetts, Amherst ( email )

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Amherst, MA 01003
United States

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