The Law of the Near and Middle East: Readings, Cases, and Materials Tapa dura - 1974

State University of New York Press, 1975. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Good. Very slight marginalia, previous owner's name, slightly shaken.

Albany : State University of New York Press, 1975. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy with gilt-blocked title to spine. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 316 pp.; 23 cm. Contents; Preface -- PART ONE: THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAW IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES OF THE NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST -- Chapter 1. Basic characteristics of Islamic law -- A. Islamic law as religious law -- B. Personality of the law -- Chapter 2. Historical development & sources of Islamic law -- A. The classical theory of Islamic law -- B. the development of the classical schools of jurisprudence -- C. The actual historical development -- D. The closing of the gate of personal reasoning -- E. The problem of foreign influences on early Islamic law -- F. The concept of jurists' law -- G. Further development of the law -- H. Heterodox schools of law -- Chapter 3. Legal reforms in the nineteenth century -- A. The beginning of legal reform in the Ottoman Empire -- B.… Leer más

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