The history of Islamic law from pre-Islamic times across three centuries.

Reprint of first and only edition. Originally published: Washington, D.C.: Middle East Institute, 1955. xviii, 395 pp. A committee from The Middle East Institut

The American profession should welcome this exhaustive and authentic work edited by two scholars who are authorities on the law of Islam and also students of th

The classic introduction to Islamic law, tracing its development from its origins,through the medieval period, to its place in modern Islam.

If the Qur'an is the first written formulation of Islam in general, Malik's Muwatta' is arguably the first written formulation of the Islam-in-practice that bec