Notes on ContributorsIntroduction Part 1: Reflections on the Study of the Sharia 1 The Roots of Persuasion and the Future of Sharia Khaled Abou El Fadl 2 Sectarianism and Integration Contemporary Categories and the Prospects for Islamic Legal Studies Robert Gleave 3 Gender and Legal Fluidity Marion Katz 4 Translating The Fatigue of the Sharia Ahmad Atif Ahmad Part 2: Study of the Sharia in the Classical Period 5 Quranic Jihad Refracted through a Juridical Lens An Exercise in Realpolitik Asma Afsaruddin 6 Al-adith al-Mashhur A anafi Reference to Kufan Practice? Sohail Hanif 7 Taking a Theological Turn in Legal Theory Regional Priority and Theology in Transoxanian anafi Thought Dale J. Correa 8 Malaa as a Normative Claim of Islamic Jurisprudence The Legal Philosophy of al-Izz b. Abd al-Salam Rami Koujah Part 3: Study of the Sharia in the Modern and Contemporary Periods 9 A Conservative Jurist's Approach to Legal Change Ashraf Ali al-Thanawi on Women's Political Rule Salman Younas 10 Legislating Morality and Other Illusions about Islamic Government Asifa Quraishi-Landes 11 Relocating Dar al-Islam Contemporary Islamic Perspectives on Territoriality Sarah Albrecht 12 Religion, Politics, and the Anxiety of Contemporary Malaa Reasoning The Production of a Fiqh al-Thawra after the 2011 Egyptian Revolution David H. Warren 13 Whither Islam? Western Islamic Reform and Discursive Density Ovamir Anjum Index.