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The Islamic School of Law

Evolution, Devolution, and Progress

Edited by Peri Bearman

Rudolph Peters

Frank E. Vogel

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HARDCOVER

$39.95 • £31.95 • €36.00

ISBN 9780674017849

Publication Date: 02/25/2006

320 pages

Harvard Series in Islamic Law

World

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Peri Bearman is an independent scholar.

Rudolph Peters is Professor in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Amsterdam.

Frank E. Vogel is an independent scholar of Islamic law.

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