Sumário:Legal hybridity and the legitimacy of post-authoritarian Arab legal orders -- State institutions, legal positivism and the controversial legitimacy of Islamic State Law -- The legitimacy of Islamic State Law : the Sanhuri Code versus Article 2 -- Toward an Islamic state common law culture -- Illustrations of a new approach to Islamic State Law : Proof of harm in a divorce suit. The right of a wife to divorce at will and the "twisted arm". Female circumcision under Article 2.