BERNARD G. WEISS (1933–2018) was a professor of Arabic and Islamic studies at the Middle East Center of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. He is the author and editor of several books, including The Search for God's Law.

This concise exposition of Islamic law as a system, including useful distillations of historical debates and cogent discussions of thorny questions in Islamic legal theory, unencumbered by academic jargon and myriad undefined Arabic technical terms, is both refreshing and informative. . . . One would be hard-pressed to find a single volume that provides a better synopsis of the Islamic legal system.

BERNARD G. WEISS (1933–2018) was a professor of Arabic and Islamic studies at the Middle East Center of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. He is the author and editor of several books, including The Search for God's Law.

This concise exposition of Islamic law as a system, including useful distillations of historical debates and cogent discussions of thorny questions in Islamic legal theory, unencumbered by academic jargon and myriad undefined Arabic technical terms, is both refreshing and informative. . . . One would be hard-pressed to find a single volume that provides a better synopsis of the Islamic legal system.

BERNARD G. WEISS (1933–2018) was a professor of Arabic and Islamic studies at the Middle East Center of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. He is the author and editor of several books, including The Search for God's Law.

This concise exposition of Islamic law as a system, including useful distillations of historical debates and cogent discussions of thorny questions in Islamic legal theory, unencumbered by academic jargon and myriad undefined Arabic technical terms, is both refreshing and informative. . . . One would be hard-pressed to find a single volume that provides a better synopsis of the Islamic legal system.