By Najam Haider (Barnard College) This essay is part of the Islamic Law Blog’s Roundtable on Islamic Legal History & Historiography, edited by Intisar Rabb (Editor-in-Chief) and Mariam Sheibani (Lead Blog … Continue reading Future Avenues in the Study of Islamic Law
Studying a Lived Law: An Interview with Yossef Rapoport
This interview was conducted by Omar Abdel-Ghaffar (Harvard University, PhD student). This interview is part of the Islamic Law Blog’s Roundtable on Islamic Legal History & Historiography, edited by Intisar … Continue reading Studying a Lived Law: An Interview with Yossef Rapoport
How not to reform the study of Islamic law: A response to Ayesha Chaudhry
By Ahmed El Shamsy (University of Chicago) This essay is part of the Islamic Law Blog’s Roundtable on Islamic Legal History & Historiography, edited by Intisar Rabb (Editor-in-Chief) and Mariam Sheibani … Continue reading How not to reform the study of Islamic law: A response to Ayesha Chaudhry
Why did legal scholars write the books they wrote in pre-modern Islamic societies? The case of al-Andalus
By Maribel Fierro (Institute of Languages and Cultures of the Mediterranean, CSIC-Madrid) This essay is part of the Islamic Law Blog’s Roundtable on Islamic Legal History & Historiography, edited by Intisar … Continue reading Why did legal scholars write the books they wrote in pre-modern Islamic societies? The case of al-Andalus
Shīʿī Law/Islamic Law: Some Category Problems
By Robert Gleave (University of Exeter) This essay is part of the Islamic Law Blog’s Roundtable on Islamic Legal History & Historiography, edited by Intisar Rabb (Editor-in-Chief) and Mariam Sheibani (Lead … Continue reading Shīʿī Law/Islamic Law: Some Category Problems
Methods and Meaning in Islamic Law: Introduction
By Intisar Rabb* This essay is part of the Islamic Law Blog’s Roundtable on Islamic Legal History & Historiography, edited by Intisar Rabb (Editor-in-Chief) and Mariam Sheibani (Lead Blog Editor), and … Continue reading Methods and Meaning in Islamic Law: Introduction