Download or read book Law and Tradition in Classical Islamic Thought written by M. Cook and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-01-06 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together essays on topics related to Islamic law, this book is composed of articles by prominent legal scholars and historians of Islam. They exemplify a critical development in the field of Islamic Studies: the proliferation of methodological approaches that employ a broad variety of sources to analyze social and political developments.