The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State

“[A] concise and thoughtful history of the evolution of the Islamic legal system from the time of the first caliphs to our own” from the bestselling author ( U.S. News & World Report ). One of Economist ’s Best Books of the Year Winner of the PROSE Award in Government and Politics, Association of American Publishers In this incisive book, Harvard law professor Noah Feldman tells the story behind the increasingly popular call for the establishment of the shari’a—the law of the traditional Isl