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Hallaq Wael

Sharia : Theory, practice and transformations - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2009 - 614p vii

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.

ISBN: 9780521678742

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Islamic Law - History

Dewey Class. No.: 340.590000 / HAL