Sharīʻa : theory, practice, transformations /
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| Author / Creator: | Hallaq, Wael B., 1955- |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. |
| Description: | ix, 614 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7712055 |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. The Pre-Modern Tradition
- 1. The formative period
- 2. Legal theory: epistemology, language, and legal reasoning
- 3. Legal education and the politics of law
- 4. Law and society
- 5. The circle of justice and later dynasties
- Part II. The Law: An Outline
- 6. Legal pillars of religion
- 7. Contracts and other obligations
- 8. Family law and succession
- 9. Property and ownership
- 10. Offenses
- 11. Jihad
- 12. Courts of justice, suits and evidence
- Part III. The Sweep of Modernity
- 13. The conceptual framework: an introduction
- 14. The jural colonization of India and South-East Asia
- 15. Hegemonic modernity: the Middle East and North Africa during the nineteenth and early twentieth century
- 16. Modernizing the law in the age of nation-states
- 17. In search of a legal methodology
- 18. Repercussions: concluding notes
