Law, Custom, and Statute in the Muslim World : Studies in Honor of Aharon Layish.

By: Layish, AharonContributor(s): Shaham, RonMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Islamic Law and Society SerPublisher: Boston : BRILL, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (297 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789047411307Subject(s): Customary law (Islamic law) -- History | Islamic law -- History | Justice, Administration of (Islamic law) -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Law, Custom, and Statute in the Muslim World : Studies in Honor of Aharon LayishDDC classification: 340.5/9 LOC classification: KBP50.L39 2007Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
PREFACE --- Ron Shaham -- ACADEMIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY --- Aharon Layish -- LIST OF PUBLICATIONS --- Aharon Layish -- CHAPTER ONE THE MUKHTAÍAR OF AL-KHIRAQÌ AND ITS PLACE IN THE FORMATION OF ÓANBALÌ LEGAL DOCTRINE --- Nimrod Hurvitz -- CHAPTER TWO LAW AND CUSTOM IN THE MAGHRIB, 1475-1500: ON THE DISINHERITANCE OF WOMEN --- David S. Powers -- CHAPTER THREE WOMEN AS EXPERT WITNESSES IN PRE-MODERN ISLAMIC COURTS --- Ron Shaham -- CHAPTER FOUR QĀDĪ, MUFTÌ AND RULER: THEIR ROLES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAMIC LAW --- Miriam Hoexter -- CHAPTER FIVE OTTOMAN QĀDĪS IN DAMASCUS IN THE 16TH-18TH CENTURIES --- Michael Winter -- CHAPTER SIX PATRONAGE, INTERVENTION AND VIOLENCE IN THE LEGAL PROCESS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY SALONICA AND ITS PROVINCE --- Eyal Ginio -- CHAPTER SEVEN ARCHAIC FORMS OF CONTRACT IN MAX WEBER'S THEORIES AND IN ARAB AND SOMALI CUSTOMARY LAW --- Frank H. Stewart -- CHAPTER EIGHT PROVINCIAL JUDGES: THE SHARĪ'A JUDICIARY OF MID-TWENTIETH-CENTURY YEMEN --- Brinkley Messick -- CHAPTER NINE "ALL OF PALESTINE IS HOLY MUSLIM WAQF LAND": A MYTH AND ITS ROOTS --- Yitzhak Reiter -- CHAPTER TEN LEGAL REFORM, INTERPRETIVE COMMUNITIES AND THE QUEST FOR LEGITIMACY: A CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF A LEGAL CIRCULAR --- Ido Shahar -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Summary: This collective volume deals with the main components in the laws of Islamic societies, past and present: shar??a, custom, and statute. Some chapters focus on one of these components, other discuss the interplay between two or even all three of them.
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PREFACE --- Ron Shaham -- ACADEMIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY --- Aharon Layish -- LIST OF PUBLICATIONS --- Aharon Layish -- CHAPTER ONE THE MUKHTAÍAR OF AL-KHIRAQÌ AND ITS PLACE IN THE FORMATION OF ÓANBALÌ LEGAL DOCTRINE --- Nimrod Hurvitz -- CHAPTER TWO LAW AND CUSTOM IN THE MAGHRIB, 1475-1500: ON THE DISINHERITANCE OF WOMEN --- David S. Powers -- CHAPTER THREE WOMEN AS EXPERT WITNESSES IN PRE-MODERN ISLAMIC COURTS --- Ron Shaham -- CHAPTER FOUR QĀDĪ, MUFTÌ AND RULER: THEIR ROLES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAMIC LAW --- Miriam Hoexter -- CHAPTER FIVE OTTOMAN QĀDĪS IN DAMASCUS IN THE 16TH-18TH CENTURIES --- Michael Winter -- CHAPTER SIX PATRONAGE, INTERVENTION AND VIOLENCE IN THE LEGAL PROCESS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY SALONICA AND ITS PROVINCE --- Eyal Ginio -- CHAPTER SEVEN ARCHAIC FORMS OF CONTRACT IN MAX WEBER'S THEORIES AND IN ARAB AND SOMALI CUSTOMARY LAW --- Frank H. Stewart -- CHAPTER EIGHT PROVINCIAL JUDGES: THE SHARĪ'A JUDICIARY OF MID-TWENTIETH-CENTURY YEMEN --- Brinkley Messick -- CHAPTER NINE "ALL OF PALESTINE IS HOLY MUSLIM WAQF LAND": A MYTH AND ITS ROOTS --- Yitzhak Reiter -- CHAPTER TEN LEGAL REFORM, INTERPRETIVE COMMUNITIES AND THE QUEST FOR LEGITIMACY: A CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF A LEGAL CIRCULAR --- Ido Shahar -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

This collective volume deals with the main components in the laws of Islamic societies, past and present: shar??a, custom, and statute. Some chapters focus on one of these components, other discuss the interplay between two or even all three of them.

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