TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abdulla,Raficq
AU  - Keshavjee,Mohamed M.
ED  - Institute of Ismaili Studies.
TI  - Understanding Sharia: Islamic law in a globalised world 
SN  - 9781788313193
PY  - 2018///
CY  - London
PB  - I.B. Tauris in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies
KW  - Islamic law
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Islamic law in the contemporary world --Sharia : origin through revelation, historical development and change --Legal practice under the Umayyads (661-750) --Consolidation of the schools of law under the Abbasids (750-1258) --Developments after Shafi'i --Further geographical expansion and cultural accommodation --Call for reform : from the Tanzimat to the Arab Spring --Shi'i legal understanding and theory of law --The multiple manifestations of Sharia --Neo-Ijtihad --Sharia and human rights --Criminal justice in Islam --Islam and ethics --Critique
ER  -