Wael B. Hallaq is James McGill Professor of Islamic Law in the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University. He is a world-renowned scholar whose publications include The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law (Cambridge University Press, 2004), Authority, Continuity and Change in Islamic Law (Cambridge University Press, 2001) and A History of Islamic Legal Theories (Cambridge University Press, 1997).
Introduction
Part I. Tradition and Continuity: 1. Who's who in the Shari'a
2. The law: how is it found?
3. The legal schools
4. Jurists, legal education and politics
5. Shari'a's society
6. Pre-modern governance: the circle of justice
Part II. Modernity and Ruptures: 7. Colonizing the Muslim world and its Shari'a
8. Modernizing the law in the age of nation states
9. State, ulama and Islamists
10. Shari'a then and now: concluding notes.
