Radical Separation of Powers: A History of Islamic Constitutionalism - Hardcover
by Wael Hallaq
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oneworld AcademicISBN-13:9781836431176ISBN-10:1836431171UPC:9781836431176Book Category:Philosophy, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Eastern, Religious, Political IdeologiesSize:9.30 x 6.15 x 2.06 inchesWeight:1.8519Product ID:SCHAAYWCHP
Radical Separation of Powers: A History of Islamic Constitutionalism
Two centuries of Orientalist scholarship have denied that Islam has a constitutional concept. Premodern Islamic political practice has been subject to mistranslation, misinterpretation and condescension through the eyes of colonisers, and judged inferior to the norms of Western liberalism. Wael Hallaq, a leading scholar of Islamic law, sets the record straight in this groundbreaking volume....
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oneworld AcademicISBN-13:9781836431176ISBN-10:1836431171UPC:9781836431176Book Category:Philosophy, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Eastern, Religious, Political IdeologiesSize:9.30 x 6.15 x 2.06 inchesWeight:1.8519Product ID:SCHAAYWCHP
Wael B. Hallaq is the Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. He is a leading authority in Islamic law, and has published widely on legal theory, Orientalism and the critical problems of modernity. His previous books include Restating Orientalism and The Impossible State.
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