Authors: Wael B. Hallaq
ISBN-13: 9780521861465, ISBN-10: 0521861462
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: August 2009
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Wael B. Hallaq is James McGill Professor of Islamic Law in the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University. He is a world-renowned scholar whose publications include The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law (Cambridge, 2004), Authority, Continuity and Change in Islamic Law (Cambridge, 2001) and A History of Islamic Legal Theories (Cambridge, 1997).
An introduction to the fundamentals of Islamic law and its history.
1 Who's who in the Shari'a 7
2 The law : how is it found? 14
3 The legal schools 31
4 Jurists, legal education and politics 38
5 Shari'a's society 57
6 Pre-modern governance : the Circle of Justice 72
7 Colonizing the Muslim world and its Shari'a 85
8 The law in the age of nation-states 115
9 State, ulama and Islamists 140
10 Shari'a then and now : concluding notes 163
Glossary of key terms 171
Chronology 179
Suggested further reading 184
Index 192