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Authors: Wael B. Hallaq
ISBN-13: 9780521678742, ISBN-10: 0521678749
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: May 2009
Edition: New Edition

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Author Biography: Wael B. Hallaq

Wael B. Hallaq is James McGill Professor in 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).

Book Synopsis

Wael Hallaq's magisterial overview of Shari'a examines the doctrines and practices of Islamic law from the seventh century to the present.

Table of Contents

Preface and acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1

Part I The pre-modern tradition 25

1 The formative period 27

2 Legal theory: epistemology, language and legal reasoning 72

3 Legal education and the politics of law 125

4 Law and society 159

5 The Circle of Justice and later dynasties 197

Part II The law: an outline 223

6 The legal pillars of religion 225

7 Contracts and other obligations 239

8 Family law and succession 271

9 Property and ownership 296

10 Offenses 308

11 Jih&abar;d 324

12 Courts of justice, suits and evidence 342

Part III The sweep of modernity 355

13 The conceptual framework: an introduction 357

14 The jural colonization of India and South-East Asia 371

15 Hegemonic modernity: the Middle East and North Africa during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries 396

16 Modernizing the law in the age of nation-states 443

17 In search of a legal methodology 500

18 Repercussions: concluding notes 543

Appendix A Contents of substantive legal works 551

Appendix B Chronology 556

Bibliography 563

Index 598

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