Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. FOREWORD v
3. CONTENTS vii
4. INTRODUCTION. The Role of Legal History in Muslim jurisprudence 1
5. Part One. THE GENESIS OF SHARĪ’A LAW
6. CHAPTER I. QUR’ANIC LEGISLATION 9
7. CHAPTER 2. LEGAL PRACTICE IN THE FIRST CENTURY OF ISLAM 21
8. CHAPTER 3. JURISPRUDENCE IN EMBRYO: THE EARLY SCHOOLS OF LAW 36
9. CHAPTER 4. MASTER ARCHITECT: MUHAMMAD IBN-IDRĪS ASH-SHĀFĪ’i 53
10. CHAPTER 5. CONCLUDING STAGES OF GROWTH 62
11. Part Two. LEGAL DOCTRINE AND PRACTICE IN MEDIAEVAL ISLAM
12. CHAPTER 6. THE CLASSICAL THEORY OF LAW 75
13. CHAPTER 7. UNITY AND DIVERSITY IN SHARĪ’A LAW 86
14. CHAPTER 8. SECTARIAN LEGAL SYSTEMS IN ISLAM 103
15. CHAPTER 9. ISLAMIC GOVERNMENT AND SHARĪ’A LAW 120
16. CHAPTER 10. ISLAMIC SOCIETY AND SHARĪ’A LAW 135
17. Part Three. ISLAMIC LAW IN MODERN TIMES
18. CHAPTER 11. FOREIGN INFLUENCES: THE RECEPTION OF EUROPEAN LAWS 149
19. CHAPTER 12. ADMINISTRATION OF SHARĪ’A LAW IN CONTEMPORARY ISLAM 163
20. CHAPTER 13. TAQLĪD AND LEGAL REFORM 182
21. CHAPTER 14. NEO-IJTIHĀD 202
22. CONCLUSION. Religious Law and Social Progress in Contemporary Islam 218
23. NOTES 227
24. GLOSSARY 235
25. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 242
26. INDEX 248