The book presents classical Islamic law through a historiographical introduction to and analysis of the Western scholarship. A distinguished group of authors provide an overview of their particular specialty, reflect on past and current thinking and also point to directions for future research. The Companion covers key debates and provokes new ways of thinking about long-standing issues in this increasingly relevant and popular discipline.

The Ashgate Research Companion to Islamic Law

• Rudolph Peters & Peri Bearman (eds.)
• Fanham: Ashgate, 2014
• ISBN: 978 1 409 43893