The Second Formation of Islamic Law is the first book to deal with the rise of an official School of law in the Ottoman Empire and argues that some of the supposedly nineteenth-century developments, such as the codification of Islamic law, are rooted in much earlier centuries..
The Second Formation of Islamic Law is the first book to deal with the rise of an official School of law in the Ottoman Empire and argues that some of the supposedly nineteenth-century developments, such as the codification of Islamic law, are rooted in much earlier centuries.