Law and Social Norms in the Comparative Study of Islam:A History of Islamic Legal Theories: An Introduction to Sunni usul al-fiqh.;In the House of the Law: Gender and Islamic Law in Ottoman Syria and Palestine.;Pronouncing and Persevering: Gender and the Discourses of Disputing in an African Islamic Court.;The Rule of Law in the Arab World: Courts in Egypt and the

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. History of Islamic Legal Theories: An Introduction to Sunni usul al-fiqh. Wael B. Hallaq. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. 294 pp. In the House of the Law: Gender and Islamic Law in Ottoman Syria and Palestine. Judith E. Tucker. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. 216 pp. Pronouncing and Persevering: Gender and the Discourses of Disputing in an African Islamic Court. Susan F. Hirsch. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998. 355 pp. The Rule of Law in the Arab World: Courts in Egypt and the Gulf. Nathan J. Brown. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. 258 pp.