So closely is the early development of the Hanafi school interwoven with non-legal spheres--the political, social, and theological--that its study is essential

These selected papers from the III International Conference on Islamic Legal Studies, held in 2000 at Harvard Law School, offer building blocks toward the entir

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

The Second Formation of Islamic Law offers a new periodization of Islamic legal history in the eastern Islamic lands.

Melchert traces the emergence of jurisprudence by h ad th, the personalization of the old regional schools in response, and finally the emergence of the classic