TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hallaq,Wael B.
TI  - Sharia: theory, practice, transformations 
SN  - 9780521861472 (hbk.)
U1  - 340.5909 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge, UK, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Islamic law
KW  - History
KW  - Interpretation and construction
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 563-597) and index; 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; SLAS; law
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0906/2009005860-d.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0906/2009005860-t.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0906/2009005860-b.html
ER  -