The Formation of Islamic Law

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- General Editor's Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Arab Conquests and the Formation of Islamic Society -- 2. Pre-Islamic Background and Early Development of Jurisprudence -- 3. Foreign Elements in Ancient Islamic Law -- 4. The Birth-Hour of Muslim Law?: An Essay in Exegesis -- 5. Two Legal Problems Bearing on the Early History of the Qur'ān -- 6. Unconditional Manumission of Slaves in Early Islamic Law: A Ḥadīth Analysis -- 7. The Role of Non-Arab Converts in the Development of Early Islamic Law

The Arab Conquests and the Formation of Islamic Society -- 2. Pre-Islamic Background and Early Development of Jurisprudence -- 3. Foreign Elements in Ancient Islamic Law -- 4. The Birth-Hour of Muslim Law?: An Essay in Exegesis -- 5.