The beginnings of Islamic law : late antique Islamicate legal traditions /

Salaymeh, Lena,

The beginnings of Islamic law : late antique Islamicate legal traditions / Lena Salaymeh. - xiii, 242 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-234) and index.

Introduction : genealogies of Islamic law -- Legal-historical beginnings : outlining late antique Islamic law -- Legal historiography : a case study in international law -- Legal-historical hybridity : tracing Islam in its Islamicate context -- Legal custom : a case study in ritual law -- Legal historicizing : moments in macro-histories -- Legal comparisons : a case study in family law -- Conclusion.

9781107133020 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781107589711 (paperback : alk. paper)

2016026401


Islamic law--History.
International law (Islamic law)--History.

KBP55 / .S25 2016

297.14 SAL