This publication examines how a medieval Syrian Sh?fi jurist, Ibn Q Shuhbah (d. 851/1448), depicted the formation, decline, and the sources for the revival of Islamic law based on his "?abaq?t al-fuqah al-sh?fi yah" (The Generations of the Sh?fi Jurists).

R. Kevin Jaques, Ph.D. (2001) in West and South Asian Religions, Emory University, is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University.