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Authority, Continuity and Change in Islamic Law

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. His latest book is about the function of authority in Islamic law, and how it is
constructed, augmented, and utilized. In a comprehensive intellectual trawl
through the intricacies of the law, the author demonstrates how that authority – at
once religious and moral but essentially epistemic in nature – has always
encompassed the power to motivate the processes of continuity and change. The
role of the law ...