{"product_id":"the-origins-and-evolution-of-islamic-law-9780521005807","title":"The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law","description":"Covering more than three centuries of legal history, this study presents an important account of how Islam developed its own law from ancient Near Eastern legal cultures, Arabian customary law and Quranic reform. The book explores the interplay between law and politics, demonstrating how the jurists and ruling elite led a symbiotic existence that paradoxically allowed Islamic law to become uniquely independent of the \"state.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHallaq, Wael B.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Wael B. Hallaq is Professor of Islamic Law at the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University. He is the author of Ibn Taymiyya: Against the Greek Logicians (1993), A History of Islamic Legal Theories (1997) and Authority, Continuity and Change in Islamic Law (2001).","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844598665490,"sku":"9780521005807","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e70a4909-94c8-41ab-b636-c8043e3eef86.jpg?v=1737326703","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-origins-and-evolution-of-islamic-law-9780521005807","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}