al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān (Author) Al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān (d. 364/974) was born in Tunisia and joined the service of the Fatimids in 313/925, eventually rising to the position of supreme judge. As the most important jurist and legal author of the Fatimid Empire, his work founded Ismāʿīlī law as a discipline.Devin Stewart (Edited and Translated by) Devin J. Stewart is Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Emory University. He has written on the Qurʾan, Shiʿi Islam, and Islamic legal education.

""Stewart has rendered al-Nu'mans work into intelligible and elegant English, in keeping with the goals of the Library of Arabic Literature series to open up certain valuable and influential works in theArabic tradition to a wider reading public." (Journal of the American Oriental Society) "[Disagreements of the Jurists]is very important for students of jurisprudence and for reconstructing fiqh's development" (The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences) "This book will be useful especially to those who are interested in the history of law and secondarily those who are interested in the history of the Fatimids." (Speculum)

al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān (Author) Al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān (d. 364/974) was born in Tunisia and joined the service of the Fatimids in 313/925, eventually rising to the position of supreme judge. As the most important jurist and legal author of the Fatimid Empire, his work founded Ismāʿīlī law as a discipline.Devin Stewart (Edited and Translated by) Devin J. Stewart is Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Emory University. He has written on the Qurʾan, Shiʿi Islam, and Islamic legal education.

""Stewart has rendered al-Nu'mans work into intelligible and elegant English, in keeping with the goals of the Library of Arabic Literature series to open up certain valuable and influential works in theArabic tradition to a wider reading public." (Journal of the American Oriental Society) "[Disagreements of the Jurists]is very important for students of jurisprudence and for reconstructing fiqh's development" (The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences) "This book will be useful especially to those who are interested in the history of law and secondarily those who are interested in the history of the Fatimids." (Speculum)