TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hallaq, Wael B.
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2009//
TI  - Shariʿa: theory, practice, transformations
ET  - 1. publ.
PB  - Cambridge Univ. Press
CY  - Cambridge [u.a.]
KW  - Islamic law
KW  - History
KW  - Interpretation and construction
KW  - Philosophy
AB  - 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
SN  - 0521678749
LA  - English
N1  - Wael B. Hallaq
ID  - 1618548387
ER  -