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Download or read book The Ashgate Research Companion to Islamic Law written by Peri Bearman and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-08-28 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide to current research in the thriving area of Islamic law. 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.