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The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law
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LAW The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law, by Wael B. Hallaq. Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. x + 206 pages. Maps. Gloss, to p. 210. Short bios, to p. 216. Bibl. to p. 224. Index to p. 234. $70 cloth; $24.99 paper.
Professor Wael Hallaq offers both the interested reader and the serious student a comprehensive, engaging introduction to the elements and contours of Islamic law. He covers its origins in the pre-Islamic cultures of the Near East to its final construction as a functioning legal system about three centuries after the Prophet's death. By itself, or coupled with his earlier introduction to Islamic legal thought,1 which might profitably be …
