121 Book Reviews Research Handbook on Islamic Law and Society Nadirsyah Hosen, ed. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018. 485 pages. Te premise of the adaptability, fexibility, and compatibility of Islamic nor- mative teachings (sharīʿa) to new social contexts is already documented by many scholars, including John Bowen’s On British Islam: Religion, Law, and Everyday Practice in Shari‘a Councils and Michael G. Peletz’s Islamic Modern: Religious Courts and Cultural Politics in Malaysia. Unlike those works, this textbook is organized by theme which provides a unique con- tribution to our understanding of the overall function of contemporary Islamic law. Such an approach shows that the ‘right’ answer in one country is not necessarily the ‘right’ solution in another Muslim community, which explains the diverse application of Islamic law. Te book challenges Wael Hallaq’s observation that the modern codifcation of Islamic law resulted in the absence of hermeneutical possibilities or led to a single mode of judi- cial application. Perhaps Hallaq’s proposition is accurate if we examine the function of Islamic law in a specifc country. Nevertheless, the book pro- vides concrete examples of the administrative and interpretive techniques of ‘neo-ijtihād’ today. Te collection aims to provide an overview of how Islamic law is prac- ticed diferently in various contexts and circumstances. It brings together the study of Islamic legal discourse with historical, anthropological, and sociological research on Islamic law. It addresses six themes in 18 chapters, covering 22 countries by twenty contributors specialized in Islamic law and