Sharīʻa : theory, practice, transformations / Wael B. Hallaq.
By: Hallaq, Wael B.
©2009Description: ix, 614 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780521678742 (pbk.).Subject(s): Islamic law -- History | Islamic law | Islamic law -- Interpretation and construction | Islamic law -- PhilosophyGenre/Form: Print books.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
On Shelf | KBP144 .H356 2009 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000020223 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 563-597) and index.
The formative period -- Legal theory : epistemology, language and legal reasoning -- Legal education and the politics of law -- Law and society -- The circle of justice and later dynasties -- The legal pillars of religion -- Contracts and othe obligations -- Family law and succession -- Property and ownership -- Offenses -- Jihād -- Courts of justice, suits and evidence -- The conceptual framework : an introduction -- The jural colonization of India and South-East-Asia -- Hegemonic modernity : the Middle East and North Africa during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- Modernizing the law in the age of nation-states -- In search of a legal methodology -- Repercussions: concluding notes.