TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hallaq,Wael
AU  - حلاق، وائل
TI  - Sharīʻa: theory, practice, transformations 
SN  - 9780521678742
U1  - 260.1 20A
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Islamic law
KW  - History
KW  - Interpretation and construction
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - Index; Bibliogr. p. 563-597; 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
ER  -