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Islamic Law and Legal System: Studies of Saudi Arabia: 8
Author(s): Frank Vogel (Author)
- Publisher: Brill
- Publication Date: 15 Sept. 2000
- Language: English
- Print length: 424 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004110623
- ISBN-13: 9789004110625
Book Description
Based on years of research in Saudi Arabia, this volume investigates the legal system of Saudi Arabia both for its own sake and as a case-study of an Islamic legal system. As a study of Saudi Arabia, it is the first extensive treatment in English of the constitution and Islamic court system of Saudi Arabia. As a study of an existing legal system in continuity with past Islamic law and practice, it sheds new light on Islamic legal doctrine, practice, and institutions, correcting for past scholarly neglect of Islamic law’s application.
The book develops a framework of concepts, rooted in both Islamic and western legal theory, useful for the comparative description and analysis of Islamic legal systems and applications, past and present.
The book develops a framework of concepts, rooted in both Islamic and western legal theory, useful for the comparative description and analysis of Islamic legal systems and applications, past and present.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘Cet étude […] est remarquable par sa précision, sa clarté et l’érudition…‘
Nahas M. Mahieddin, Studia Islamica, 2001.
‘ Einer der wichtigsten Aspekte dieses Buche ist, dass es Vogel gelingt, den viel zitierten Schleier zu lüften, welcher über dem islamischen Rechtssystem Saudi-Arabiens liegt.‘
Sebastian Maisel, PAVO.
Nahas M. Mahieddin, Studia Islamica, 2001.
‘ Einer der wichtigsten Aspekte dieses Buche ist, dass es Vogel gelingt, den viel zitierten Schleier zu lüften, welcher über dem islamischen Rechtssystem Saudi-Arabiens liegt.‘
Sebastian Maisel, PAVO.
About the Author
Frank E. Vogel, J.D. (1975), American University, Ph.D. (1993) in Islamic Law, Harvard University, is Assistant Professor at Harvard Law School. He has published extensively on Islamic legal theory and application, including Islamic Law and Finance (Kluwer, 1998).
