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Gerichtspraxis Im Stadtstaat Córdoba: Zum Recht Der Gesellschaft ...

These texts offer new insights into the organization of the city s judiciary and its social and economic life. They allow for a precise definition of the relation between the qadi and governmental jurisdiction. books.google.ca

Family and the Courts in Modern Egypt: A Study Based on Decisions ...

Family and the Courts in Modern Egypt contains three parts: marriage, divorce, and intergenerational relations. books.google.ca

Waqfs and Urban Structures: The Case of Ottoman Damascus

This study presents a new approach to the phenomenon of Muslim pious foundations, or "waqfs," focussing on the evolution of the institution in the urban context and the elaboration of the legal framework to accommodate the urban system of ... books.google.ca

God in the Courtroom: The Transformation of Courtroom Oath and ...

This volume compares the courtroom oaths of both Islamic and modern Egyptian legal systems, blending elements of legal history, comparative law, theology, philosophy and culture. books.google.ca

Endowments, Rulers, and Community: Waqf Al-òHaramayn in Ottoman ...

One of the first studies of a major public waqf foundation based on its own registers, this work offers new insights into the working of the Islamic endowment in general, and its socio-economic significance to the history of Ottoman Algiers ... books.google.ca

A History of the Early Islamic Law of Property: Reconstructing the ...

This study, relied mainly on the legal texts and hadith collections dating from the eighth and ninth centuries, provides an illuminating account of how rules regulating various transactions were formed, developped and synthesized in the ... books.google.ca

Maṣlaḥah and the Purpose of the Law: Islamic Discourse on Legal ...

Analyzing pre-modern writings on Islamic legal theory, this book comprehensively presents the transformation of the concept of ma la a as a vehicle of legal change from a minor legal principle to being understood as the all-encompassing ... books.google.ca

The Birth of a Legal Institution: The Formation of the Waqf in ...

This work presents an analysis of the earliest legal treatises on the Islamic trust, or waqf - the Ah kam al-Waaf" of Hilal al-Ray and the Ah kam al-Awqaf of al-Khassaf. This work undertakes a textual analysis of the treatises. books.google.ca

Legal Documents from the Judean Desert: The Impact of the Shari'a ...

This book is intended for students of Islamic law, of customary law and comparative law, legal, social and economic historians, and Arabists. books.google.ca

Dispensing Justice in Islam: Qadis And Their Judgements

The volume fills a large ap in our understanding of Islamic legal history. (modified by Powers). books.google.ca

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