The law of the Near & Middle East : readings, cases, & materials / Herbert J. Liebesny

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. Legal reform and the reception of continental European codes -- C. The specific reforms in the Ottoman Empire -- D. The reforms in Egypt before World War I -- Chapter 4. Legal reforms since the end of World War I -- A. Legal reform in Turkey -- B. Developments in the Arab countries -- C. Legal reforms in Iran -- D. Legal reforms in Afghanistan -- Chapter 5. Anglo-Muhammadan law -- PART TWO: SYSTEMATIC SURVEY OF SELECTED PRINCIPLES OF CLASSICAL ISLAMIC LAW AND PRESENT-DAY NEAR AND MIDDLE EASTERN LAW -- Chapter 6. The law of marriage and divorce -- A. Classical Islamic law -- B. Present-day Islamic countries -- Chapter 7. The law of inheritance -- A. Classical Islamic law -- B. Present-day Islamic countries -- Chapter 8. Contracts and torts -- A. Contracts -- B. Joint ownership and preemption -- C. Torts -- Chapter 9. Property and Waqf -- Chapter 10. Penal law -- A. Offenses in general -- B. Offenses to which Hadd punishment applies -- C. Discretionary punishment (Ta'zir) -- D. Talion (retaliation) and blood money -- E. Present-day penal law -- Chapter 11. Procedure before the Westernization of the law -- A. The Qadi and his office -- B. Plaintiff and defendant -- C. Evidence -- D. The settlement of grievances -- Chapter 12. Procedure in present-day Near Eastern countries -- A. Introductory -- B. The Organization of the courts -- C. Penal procedure -- D. Evidence -- Appendix 1. Suggestions for further reading -- Appendix 2. Glossary -- Appendix 3. Chronology -- Appendix 4. List of authors and documents quoted -- Index. Subjects; Law Middle East. Islamic law History. Interpretation and construction. Law - Africa, Asia, Pacific & Antarctica.