Wael B. Hallaq boldly argues that the Islamic state, judged by any standard definition of what th...

Two centuries of Orientalist scholarship have denied that Islam has a constitutional concept. Pre...

The study of Islamic law can be a forbidding prospect for those entering the field for the first ...

Wael HallaqâEUR(TM)s magisterial overview of ShariâEUR(TM)a examines the doctrines and practices ...

The study of Islamic law can be a forbidding prospect for those entering the field for the first ...

A penetrating analysis of the relationship between authority, continuity and change in Islamic law.

Wael B. Hallaq is regarded as one of the leading scholars in the field of Islamic law. In a path-...

In recent years, Islamic law, or Shari'a, has been appropriated as a tool of modernity in the Mus...

The history of Islamic law from pre-Islamic times across three centuries.

Wael B. Hallaq is already established as one of the most eminent scholars in the field of Islamic...

The history of Islamic law from pre-Islamic times across three centuries.

In his latest book, the author traces the history of Islamic legal theory from its early beginnin...