Islamic Law in Past and Present: 8 (Themes in Islamic Studies, 8) - Tapa dura

"As Mathias Rohe illustrates in this magisterial survey, Islamic law has not historically been either regressive or especially rigid. Literalism, so often associated with simplistic religious interpretation, was not even an option for early Muslim jurists, because orthodoxy has always held that God's message to the Prophet Muhammad evolved gradually over two decades.... Rohe's analysis, here and throughout, is measured - in keeping with a hope he expresses to steer clear of both 'trivialisation and demonisation' -and should therefore only be welcomed." SADAKAT KADRI in: Ecclesiastical Law Journal (2017)

In Islamic Law in Past and Present, the lawyer and Islamicist Mathias Rohe offers a comprehensive study of Islamic law, law reforms and law in action with a particular focus on modern developments in the Islamic world, India, Canada and Germany.