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020			_a9780521861465 (hbk.)
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020			_a9780521678735 (pbk.)
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082	0	4	_aKD600.H34 2009 _b08145329
100	1		_aHallaq, Wael B.,
245	1	3	_aAn introduction to Islamic law / _cWael B. Hallaq
264			_aNew York _bCambridge University Press _c2009
300			_avii, 200 p. ;
500			_a"A selected abridgement of [the author's] longer work Shari'a : theory, practice, transformations, recently published by Cambridge University Press"--P. 3
505	0		_aTradition 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
520			_aThe 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
650		0	_aIslamic law
650		0	_aIslamic law
700	1		_aHallaq, Wael B.,
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