The criterion for distinguishing legal opinions from judicial rulings and the administrative acts of judges and rulers / Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Idrīs al-Qarāfī al-Mālikī ; translated by Mohammad H. Fadel
English translation of a 13th-century Arabic text that shaped the development of Islamic law in the late Middle Ages. Includes glossary of names and glossary of terms