This thesis consists of an edition of the section on Marriage and Divorce entitled AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF A SECTION OF AL-SHRZ'S AL-NUKAT F AL-MAS'IL AL-MUKHTALAF FH BAYNA AL-SHAFI' WA ABU HANFA (al-Nika wa al-talaq) by Abu Ishaq al-Shraz 393/1002-3 = 476/1082. This work is concerned with differences of practice in the Shafi'ite and Hanafite Schools of Law. A study of the author's life and times is included, as is also a section on 'Divine controversy' ('ilm al-Khilaf).