An introduction to Islamic law / (Record no. 12276)
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| fixed length control field | 02034cam a2200229 a 4500 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780521861465 (hbk.) |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0521861462 (hbk.) |
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| ISBN | 9780521678735 (pbk.) |
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| ISBN | 0521678730 (pbk.) |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | KD600.H34 2009 |
| Item number | 08145329 |
| MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Hallaq, Wael B., |
| TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | An introduction to Islamic law / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Wael B. Hallaq |
| Copyright Date | |
| Place of publication | New York |
| Name of publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year of publication or production | 2009 |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | vii, 200 p. ; |
| GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | "A selected abridgement of [the author's] longer work Shari'a : theory, practice, transformations, recently published by Cambridge University Press"--P. 3 |
| FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Tradition and conrtinuity: Who's who in the Shari'a ; The law : how is it found? ; The legal schools ; Jurists, legal education and politics ; Shari's society ; Pre-modern governance : the circle of justice -- Modernity and ruptures: Colonizing the Muslim world and its Shari'a ; The law in the age of nation-states ; State, ulama and Islamists ; Shari'a then and now : concluding notes |
| SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The study of Islamic law can be a forbidding prospect for those entering the field for the first time. Wael Hallaq, a leading scholar and practitioner of Islamic law, guides students through the intricacies of the subject in this absorbing introduction. The first half of the book is devoted to a discussion of Islamic law in its pre-modern natural habitat. The second part explains how the law was transformed and ultimately dismantled during the colonial period. In the final chapters, the author charts recent developments and the struggles of the Islamists to negotiate changes which have seen the law emerge as a primarily textual entity focused on fixed punishments and ritual requirements. The book, which includes a chronology, a glossary of key terms, and lists of further reading, will be the first stop for those who wish to understand the fundamentals of Islamic law, its practices and history |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Islamic law |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Islamic law |
| ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Hallaq, Wael B., |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
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