The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law - Themes in Islamic Law

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The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law

The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law - Themes in Islamic Law

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Long before the rise of Islam in the early seventh century, Arabia had come to form an integral part of the Near East. This book, covering more than three centuries of legal history, presents an important account of how Islam developed its own law while drawing on ancient Near Eastern legal cultures, Arabian customary law and Quranic reforms. The development of the judiciary, legal reasoning and legal authority during the first century is discussed in detail as is the dramatic rise of prophetic authority, the crystallization of legal theory and the formation of the all-important legal schools. Finally the book explores the interplay between law and politics, explaining how the jurists and the ruling elite led a symbiotic existence that - seemingly paradoxically - allowed Islamic law and its application to be uniquely independent of the 'state'.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780521005807
ISBN10 0521005809
Number Of Pages 250
Item Weight 400 g
Product Dimensions 152 x 228 x 17 mm
Publisher / Reseller Cambridge University Press
Format paperback
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'The publication of this book is timely and apposite. …The aim of this book, which it successfully achieves, is to make a survey of the origins and evolution of Islamic Law …'. Journal of Comparative Law
' … the unprecedented comprehensiveness and conciseness of the work should make it standard reading for novice students approaching the study of early Islamic law … Professor Hallaq's book should be welcomed as an interesting and provocative contribution to an ongoing discussion.' The Journal of Relgion

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Author's Bio

Wael B. Hallaq is Professor of Islamic Law at the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University. He is the author of Ibn Taymiyya: Against the Greek Logicians (1993), A History of Islamic Legal Theories (1997) and Authority, Continuity and Change in Islamic Law (2001).

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