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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Autor principal: Layiš, Aharôn 1933-2022 (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Leiden Boston Brill 2024
En:Año: 2024
Colección / Revista:Studies in Islamic law and society volume 54
Otras palabras clave:B Islamic Law (Israel)
B Islamic Law (Middle East) History
B Islamic Law (Africa, North) History
B Waqf
B Islamic Law (Sudan)
B Colección de artículos
B Customary law (Islamic law)
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Sumario:"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"--
Notas:Includes index
ISBN:9004680926
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/9789004680920