Distinguished Jurist’s Primer / Bidāyat al-mujtahid
{"WorkMasterId":6043,"WpPageId":277651,"ParentWpPageId":193941,"Slug":"distinguished-jurists-primer","Url":"https://chrisdeasy.com/theos/humanities/philosophy/philosophers/ibn-rushd-averroes/distinguished-jurists-primer/","RelativeUrl":"theos/humanities/philosophy/philosophers/ibn-rushd-averroes/distinguished-jurists-primer/","HasFullText":false,"RawHtmlLength":69584,"CleanHtmlLength":16330,"Kicker":"Philosophy Work","Title":"Distinguished Jurist\u0027s Primer / Bidāyat al-mujtahid","Deck":"The legal work compares juristic disagreement and legal reasoning, showing how causes of disagreement, textual interpretation, and practical judgment structure law.","BackLink":{"Text":"Back to Ibn Rushd (Averroes)","Url":"https://chrisdeasy.com/theos/humanities/philosophy/philosophers/ibn-rushd-averroes/"},"AuthorCard":{"Label":"Author","Title":"Ibn Rushd (Averroes)","Url":"https://chrisdeasy.com/theos/humanities/philosophy/philosophers/ibn-rushd-averroes/","MediaHref":"","ImageSrc":"https://chrisdeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/ibn-rushd-averroes-01-close-up-shot-of-averroes-statue-in-cordoba.jpg","ImageAlt":"Close-up of the Averroes statue in Córdoba","FilterTerra":"Western Europe","ClickText":"Ibn Rushd (Averroes)","ClickHref":"https://chrisdeasy.com/theos/humanities/philosophy/philosophers/ibn-rushd-averroes/","Copies":["1126 CE – 1198 CE","Córdoba, al-Andalus","Andalusian Arab philosopher, jurist, physician, judge, and Aristotelian commentator whose work in logic, metaphysics, natural philosophy, medicine, law, rhetoric, poetics, and philosophy of religion shaped Islamic, Hebrew, and Latin philosophical traditions."]},"ContextCards":[{"Label":"Period","Key":"Period:2","Title":"Medieval History","DateText":"500 CE – 1499 CE","Url":"https://chrisdeasy.com/theos/humanities/philosophy/eras-of-thought/philosophers-of-medieval-history/"},{"Label":"Era","Key":"Era:5","Title":"High Medieval","DateText":"1000 CE – 1299 CE","Url":"https://chrisdeasy.com/theos/humanities/philosophy/eras-of-thought/philosophers-of-medieval-history/philosophers-of-high-medieval/"},{"Label":"Composition","Title":"1188 CE","Url":"","DateText":""}],"DateNote":"Displayed as 1188 CE because SEP says Bidāyat al-mujtahid was begun in 1169 and completed in 1188; the completion year is used.","GeoCards":[{"Label":"Region","Key":"Region:2"},{"Label":"Terra Avita","Key":"TerraAvita:1"},{"Label":"Terra Avita Region","Key":"TerraAvitaRegion:1"},{"Label":"Modern Country","Key":"Country:ESP:1"}],"OriginalTitle":"بداية المجتهد ونهاية المقتصد","Language":"Arabic, with major Hebrew and Latin transmission","DisciplineCards":[{"Label":"Primary Discipline","Key":"Discipline:political-philosophy"},{"Label":"Secondary Discipline","Key":"Discipline:ethics"}],"Tradition":"Andalusian Aristotelian falsafa; Maliki jurisprudence; Latin and Hebrew Averroism","FullText":null,"CoreThesis":["The legal work compares juristic disagreement and legal reasoning, showing how causes of disagreement, textual interpretation, and practical judgment structure law."],"Classification":{"AlternateTitles":"Bidāyat al-mujtahid wa-nihāyat al-muqtaṣid; The Distinguished Jurist\u0027s Primer","KeyConcepts":"law; jurisprudence; Maliki law; legal reasoning; disagreement; interpretation; qadi; practical judgment; sharia","Methodology":"Direct work-cluster record based on SEP dated inventory, reference entries, catalog records, public source surfaces, manuscript/transmission evidence, and modern scholarship. Public text surfaces are evidence only and no full text is imported.","Structure":"One work-cluster page with Arabic or Latin title forms, English title, explicit display year, date note, evidence note, discipline mapping, and transmission notes where the Arabic, Hebrew, or Latin state differs."},"Arguments":["The legal work compares juristic disagreement and legal reasoning, showing how causes of disagreement, textual interpretation, and practical judgment structure law."],"Influence":{"InfluencedBy":"Aristotle, Plato, al-Farabi, Avicenna, al-Ghazali, Ibn Bajjah, Ibn Tufayl, Ibn Zuhr, Maliki jurisprudence, Almohad intellectual culture, Galen, and the Greek-Arabic philosophical tradition.","InfluenceOn":""},"Significance":["Accepted as a direct work because SEP, Britannica, IEP, Open Library, WorldCat, and legal scholarship identify it as Ibn Rushd\u0027s major jurisprudential work.","The work remains relevant to metaphysics, logic, natural philosophy, philosophy of religion, law and philosophy, intellectual history, political philosophy, medical epistemology, translation studies, and cross-cultural philosophy."],"EvidenceNote":["Accepted as a direct work because SEP, Britannica, IEP, Open Library, WorldCat, and legal scholarship identify it as Ibn Rushd\u0027s major jurisprudential work."],"MainSections":[{"Kind":"TextSection","Title":"Core Thesis","Paragraphs":["The legal work compares juristic disagreement and legal reasoning, showing how causes of disagreement, textual interpretation, and practical judgment structure law."]},{"Kind":"FieldSection","Title":"Classification","Fields":[{"Label":"Alternate Titles","Value":"Bidāyat al-mujtahid wa-nihāyat al-muqtaṣid; The Distinguished Jurist\u0027s Primer"},{"Label":"Key Concepts","Value":"law; jurisprudence; Maliki law; legal reasoning; disagreement; interpretation; qadi; practical judgment; sharia"},{"Label":"Methodology","Value":"Direct work-cluster record based on SEP dated inventory, reference entries, catalog records, public source surfaces, manuscript/transmission evidence, and modern scholarship. Public text surfaces are evidence only and no full text is imported."},{"Label":"Structure","Value":"One work-cluster page with Arabic or Latin title forms, English title, explicit display year, date note, evidence note, discipline mapping, and transmission notes where the Arabic, Hebrew, or Latin state differs."}]},{"Kind":"TextSection","Title":"Arguments","Paragraphs":["The legal work compares juristic disagreement and legal reasoning, showing how causes of disagreement, textual interpretation, and practical judgment structure law."]},{"Kind":"FieldSection","Title":"Influence","Fields":[{"Label":"Influenced By","Value":"Aristotle, Plato, al-Farabi, Avicenna, al-Ghazali, Ibn Bajjah, Ibn Tufayl, Ibn Zuhr, Maliki jurisprudence, Almohad intellectual culture, Galen, and the Greek-Arabic philosophical tradition."},{"Label":"Influence On","Value":"Latin Averroism, Hebrew philosophical commentary, scholastic Aristotelianism, Thomas Aquinas, Siger of Brabant, Renaissance Padua, Jewish philosophical psychology, philosophy and religion debates, medieval medicine, and modern histories of Islamic and Western philosophy."}]},{"Kind":"TextSection","Title":"Significance","Paragraphs":["Accepted as a direct work because SEP, Britannica, IEP, Open Library, WorldCat, and legal scholarship identify it as Ibn Rushd\u0027s major jurisprudential work.","The work remains relevant to metaphysics, logic, natural philosophy, philosophy of religion, law and philosophy, intellectual history, political philosophy, medical epistemology, translation studies, and cross-cultural philosophy."]},{"Kind":"TextSection","Title":"Evidence Note","Paragraphs":["Accepted as a direct work because SEP, Britannica, IEP, Open Library, WorldCat, and legal scholarship identify it as Ibn Rushd\u0027s major jurisprudential work."]}],"SectionSequence":["Back Link","Work Title","Deck","Author","Period","Era","Composition","Date Note","Region","Terra Avita","Terra Avita Region","Modern Country","Original Title","Language","Primary Discipline","Secondary Discipline","Tradition","Core Thesis","Classification","Arguments","Influence","Significance","Evidence Note"],"Counts":{"ContextCards":3,"GeoCards":4,"DisciplineCards":2,"Links":11,"Sections":23,"Styles":2,"Scripts":1}}