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ISBN-13: 978-0-226-51157-3 (cloth)

ISBN-13: 978-0-226-51160-3 (paper)

ISBN-13: 978-0-226-51174-0 (e-book)

DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226511740.001.0001

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Rosen, Lawrence, 1941– author.

Title: Islam and the rule of justice : image and reality in Muslim law and culture / Lawrence Rosen.

Description: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017037408 | ISBN 9780226511573 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780226511603 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780226511740 (e-book)

Subjects: LCSH: Islamic law—Interpretation and construction. | Islam and justice. | Islamic law—Social aspects. | Law—Social aspects—Middle East.

Classification: LCC KBP440.32 .R67 2018 | DDC 340.5/901—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017037408

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