R. S. Khare is professor of anthropology at the University of Virginia and the author of Cultural Diversity and Social Discontent: Anthropological Studies on Contemporary India (Sage).

The collection achieves its aim of accessibility. References to classical fiqh are adequate, while the application of legal principles to actual cases produces vivd examples of immediate relevance.

• Chapter 1 Introduction–Islamic Law, Justice, and Society: Interdisciplinary Approaches and Perspectives Part 2 Conceptual Issues and Relationships Chapter 3 The Ideal and Real in Islamic Law Chapter 4 Justice in Islamic Culture and Law Chapter 5 Fualt, Objectivity, and Classical Islamic Justice Part 6 Regional Issues and Expressions Chapter 7 Legal Scholarship and the Politics of Islam in British India Chapter 8 Interaction of Islam and Public Law in Independent India Chapter 9 Changing Conceptions of Marriage in Algerian Personal Status Law Part 10 Facing Modern Problems Chapter 11 Woman, Half-the-Man? Crisis of Male Epistemology in Islamic Jurisprudence Chapter 12 Languages of Change in Islamic Law: Redefining Death in Modernity

R. S. Khare is professor of anthropology at the University of Virginia and the author of Cultural Diversity and Social Discontent: Anthropological Studies on Contemporary India (Sage).

The collection achieves its aim of accessibility. References to classical fiqh are adequate, while the application of legal principles to actual cases produces vivd examples of immediate relevance.

• Chapter 1 Introduction–Islamic Law, Justice, and Society: Interdisciplinary Approaches and Perspectives Part 2 Conceptual Issues and Relationships Chapter 3 The Ideal and Real in Islamic Law Chapter 4 Justice in Islamic Culture and Law Chapter 5 Fualt, Objectivity, and Classical Islamic Justice Part 6 Regional Issues and Expressions Chapter 7 Legal Scholarship and the Politics of Islam in British India Chapter 8 Interaction of Islam and Public Law in Independent India Chapter 9 Changing Conceptions of Marriage in Algerian Personal Status Law Part 10 Facing Modern Problems Chapter 11 Woman, Half-the-Man? Crisis of Male Epistemology in Islamic Jurisprudence Chapter 12 Languages of Change in Islamic Law: Redefining Death in Modernity

R. S. Khare is professor of anthropology at the University of Virginia and the author of Cultural Diversity and Social Discontent: Anthropological Studies on Contemporary India (Sage).

The collection achieves its aim of accessibility. References to classical fiqh are adequate, while the application of legal principles to actual cases produces vivd examples of immediate relevance.

• Chapter 1 Introduction–Islamic Law, Justice, and Society: Interdisciplinary Approaches and Perspectives Part 2 Conceptual Issues and Relationships Chapter 3 The Ideal and Real in Islamic Law Chapter 4 Justice in Islamic Culture and Law Chapter 5 Fualt, Objectivity, and Classical Islamic Justice Part 6 Regional Issues and Expressions Chapter 7 Legal Scholarship and the Politics of Islam in British India Chapter 8 Interaction of Islam and Public Law in Independent India Chapter 9 Changing Conceptions of Marriage in Algerian Personal Status Law Part 10 Facing Modern Problems Chapter 11 Woman, Half-the-Man? Crisis of Male Epistemology in Islamic Jurisprudence Chapter 12 Languages of Change in Islamic Law: Redefining Death in Modernity