This book has been written with the realization that more information is required on the strengths of the ¿anafi School before presenting “The New Methodology.” The book, therefore, addresses the major contributions of the School, and those features that have been under attack by other schools in the previous centuries, along with those criticisms that are more recent. As the defensive aspect of the book gained prominence in the writing, it was thought appropriate to name it as “Defending the Frontiers of the ¿anafi School.” This, then, will be the third book in the series.The present Lex Islamica series is on Islamic Jurisprudence or u¿ul al-fiqh, including legal maxims or qawa‘id fiqhiyyah. The focus is on the ¿anafi School so as to keep matters clear and crisp and avoid confusions that sometimes result from comparative studies. The positions taken by the other Sunni Schools will be easily identified once the ¿anafi position has been ascertained. The remaining titles in this series are the following:• The ¿anafi Methodology of U¿ul al-Fiqh: Old and New• The ¿anafi Qawa‘id and Qawanin U¿uliyyah• ¿anafi Qawa‘id Fiqhiyyah

Available in print and e-book formats, Mark Costanzo and Daniel Krauss’s text show students how psychological science can be used to reduce crime, improve legal decision making, and promote justice. Fully integrated discussions of real cases and trials, along with other examples of the legal system in action, show how research and theory can deepen our understanding of suspects, criminals, police, victims, lawyers, witnesses, judges, and jurors.

The texts of the ¿anafi School on u¿ul al-fiqh written up to the end of the Fifth Century of the Hijrah show that the discipline of u¿ul al-fiqh was significantly different from what it turned out to be in the later centuries, which were more theoretical in nature as compared to the earlier texts. As Shafi‘i u¿ulis started wielding greater influence, especially the promotion of a different concept of the Sunnah and a more literal approach, ¿anafi writers probably went on the defensive and started incorporating ideas from Shafi‘i u¿ul. The purpose of this book is not to trace the historical development of u¿ul al-fiqh, but to merely identify what the early u¿ulis like Ja¿¿a¿, Dabbusi and Sarakhsi had to say about the discipline of u¿ul al-fiqh. Another aim is to find out the nature of the discipline of u¿ul al-fiqh during the early period that was responsible for growth and dynamism. This book begins with the meaning of shari‘ah to see the framework within which the operation of the law is conceived. The main emphasis, however, is on the meaning of u¿ul al-fiqh as a discipline and on the nature of the rules of interpretation or the qawn¯in u¿uliyyah. The present book will be followed by its companion volume whose title is U¿ul al-Fiqh for the New Millennium: Closing of the Gates of Ijtihad and Activating Takhrij.