Sharīʻa : theory, practice, transformations / Wael B. Hallaq.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hallaq, Wael B., 1955-

Contributor:

Cambridge Books Online.

Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic law--History.

Islamic law.

History.

Islamic law--Interpretation and construction.

Islamic law--Philosophy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 614 pages)

polychrome

Other Title:

Shar'a

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In recent years, Islamic law, or Shari'a, has been appropriated as a tool of modernity in the Muslim world and in the West and has become highly politicised in consequence. Wael Hallaq's magisterial overview of Shari'a sets the record straight by examining the doctrines and practices of Islamic law within the context of its history, and by showing how it functioned within pre-modern Islamic societies as a moral imperative. In so doing, Hallaq takes the reader on an epic journey tracing the history of Islamic law from its beginnings in seventh-century Arabia, through its development and transformation under the Ottomans, and across lands as diverse as India, Africa and South-East Asia, to the present. In a remarkably fluent narrative, the author unravels the complexities of his subject to reveal a love and deep knowledge of the law which will inform, engage and challenge the reader.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 563-597) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Hallaq, Wael B., 1955- Sharīʻa.

ISBN:

9780511815300

0511815301

OCLC:

818645847

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