Islamic law, tribal customary law, and Waqf: studies in the legal history of the modern Middle East and North Africa
"In this collected volume, Aharon Layish demonstrates that legal documents are an essential source for legal and social history. Since the late nineteenth century, Islamic law has undergone tremendous transformations, some of which have strongly affected the basic features of its nature. The ch...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
2024
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in Islamic law and society
volume 54 |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Islamic Law (Israel) B Islamic Law (Middle East) History B Islamic Law (Africa, North) History B Waqf B Islamic Law (Sudan) B Customary law (Islamic law) |
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| Summary: | "In this collected volume, Aharon Layish demonstrates that legal documents are an essential source for legal and social history. Since the late nineteenth century, Islamic law has undergone tremendous transformations, some of which have strongly affected the basic features of its nature. The changes include the transformation of Islamic law from a jurists' law to a statutory law; the abolishment of waqf; the Islamization of tribal customary law; the creation of Sudanese legal methodologies strongly inspired by Ṣūfī and Salafī traditions or Western law, and the emergence of an Israeli version of Islamic law"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| ISBN: | 9004680926 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004680920 |