The School of Law, Columbia University, New York, USA
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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265p.
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UMI Microform 3317650
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Code E.Dissertation: 10
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DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
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Ph.D
Discipline of degree
Law
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, School of Law, Columbia University, New York
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This study makes three central contentions about the shari'a in modern Muslim society, in an attempt to provide a corrective to the fascination of many current scholars on medieval texts. The first contention is the familiar Legal Realist claim that the shari 'a is largely unconstrained by the terms of foundational text. The second one argues that shari 'a is similarly largely unconstrained by classical doctrine, or, more aptly put, it is fundamentally modern in that it is far more responsive to current political and social circumstances than it is a faithful application of historic understandings.