| The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law Contributor(s): Hallaq, Wael B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0511818785 ISBN-13: 9780511818783 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $213.75 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law |
| Dewey: 340.590 |
| Series: Themes in Islamic Law |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Covering more than three centuries of legal history, this study presents an important account of how Islam developed its own law from ancient Near Eastern legal cultures, Arabian customary law and Quranic reform. The book explores the interplay between law and politics, demonstrating how the jurists and ruling elite led a symbiotic existence that paradoxically allowed Islamic law to become uniquely independent of the state. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hallaq, Wael B.: - Wael B. Hallaq is Professor of Islamic Law at the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University. He is the author of Ibn Taymiyya: Against the Greek Logicians (1993), A History of Islamic Legal Theories (1997) and Authority, Continuity and Change in Islamic Law (2001). |