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Law, Custom, and Statute in the Muslim World: Studies in Honor of Aharon Layish (Studies in Islamic Law & Society): 28
Author(s): Ron Shaham
- Publisher: Brill
- Publication Date: 29 Nov. 2006
- Language: English
- Print length: 300 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004154531
- ISBN-13: 9789004154537
Book Description
This collective volume, in honor of Aharon Layish, deals with the main components in the laws of Islamic societies, past and present: sharīʿa, custom, and statute. Some chapters focus on one of these components, other discuss the interplay between two or even all three of them.
The geographical coverage of the volume is wide, from the Balkans to Yemen, and from Iraq to the Maghrib. The chapters are based on a variety of sources: fiqh literature, fatwās, court decisions, judicial circulars, biographical dictionaries and chronics.
The volume will be of special interest to historians, social scientists and lawyers working on Islamic and Israeli laws, and to those interested in gender studies, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Islamic cultures at large.
The geographical coverage of the volume is wide, from the Balkans to Yemen, and from Iraq to the Maghrib. The chapters are based on a variety of sources: fiqh literature, fatwās, court decisions, judicial circulars, biographical dictionaries and chronics.
The volume will be of special interest to historians, social scientists and lawyers working on Islamic and Israeli laws, and to those interested in gender studies, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Islamic cultures at large.
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About the Author
Ron Shaham, Ph.D. (1992) in Islamic Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is a Senior Lecturer at the Hebrew University. Author of Family and the Courts in Modern Egypt (Brill, 1997), he has published extensively on Egyptian modern family law reform, and on the legal status of non-Muslims.
