BOUSQUET (Georges-Henri) – MUSLIM LAW, Armand Colin collection no. 373, Law section
BOUSQUET (Georges-Henri) – MUSLIM LAW, Armand Colin collection no. 373, Law section
    BOUSQUET (Georges-Henri)
    MUSLIM LAW, Armand Colin collection no. 373, Law section
Édition :
    Paris
Date :
    1963
    octavo, paperback, (cover faded and slightly soiled, leaves yellowed), interior clean. [This work comes from the personal library of Professor Jean Carbonnier (1908-2003)], 206 p.
    Linant de Bellefonds, in his ironic review, expresses himself thus regarding the short work written by an “Islamologist,” whose “reputation in this field is universal” [Marc Malherbe, La faculté de Bordeaux (1870-1970), p. 282]: “A work by Professor Bousquet never elicits lukewarm approval from those who think like him (they are not very numerous) or serene criticism from those repelled by the excesses of his language (and they are legion). In either direction, one is always inclined to overstep the bounds of fair assessment in one's judgment. With this initial observation in mind, let us note immediately the disillusioned tone of the foreword to his latest work, where the author wonders whether the thirty years he has devoted to Islamic studies have not resulted in a complete loss.” Nevertheless, this new work teems with just as many fresh insights, unconventional ideas, and, alas, inflammatory statements, as its predecessors. Asked to write the monograph on "Muslim Law," which was lacking in the A. Colin collection, the author seized the opportunity to expound at length on ideas dear to him concerning the nature of Muslim law, or more precisely, Fiqh. These are such delicate questions that one cannot help but be surprised to see them raised in a small book which, in the author's own words, "is not written for specialists." And yet, the first four chapters (72 pages) are centered on this premise: that what is commonly called "Muslim law" is not a legal discipline, but a "code of ethics," a "catechism," or even "an eschatology." In short, "Muslim law does not exist." And the author added, with his usual frankness: "It is this thesis that we wish to defend throughout these pages, emphasizing it with a very necessary reaction." [Y. Linant de Bellefonds, RIDC, 1964, no. 16-3, p. 644]

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