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288 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780226511573
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 13 March 2018
Description
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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288 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780226511573
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 13 March 2018
Description
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...