Islam and the Rule of Justice: Image and Reality in Muslim Law and Culture by Lawrence Rosen

Islam and the Rule of Justice: Image and Reality in Muslim Law and Culture

Lawrence Rosen

288 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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In the West, we tend to think of Islamic law as an arcane and rigid legal system, bound by formulaic texts yet suffused by unfettered discretion. While judges may indeed refer to passages in the classical texts or have recourse to their own orient...

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