An Introduction to Islamic Law presents a broad account of our present knowledge of the history and outlines of the system of Islamic law. It is not intended in the first place for specialists, although it is hoped that it will attract study to this particularly rewarding branch of Islamic studies, but for students and interested general readers. Islamic law is the key to understanding the essence of one of the great world religions, it still casts its spell over the laws of contemporary Islamic states, and it is in itself a remarkable manifestation of legal thought.
| ISBN: | 9780198254737 |
| Publication date: | 4th November 1982 |
| Author: | Joseph late Professor of Arabic and Islamics, late Professor of Arabic and Islamics, Columbia University Schacht |
| Publisher: | Clarendon Press an imprint of Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 312 pages |
| Series: | Clarendon Paperbacks |
| Genres: |
Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law Social groups: religious groups and communities |