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Islamic Law and Civil Code : The Law of Property in Egypt / Richard Debs.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (216 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231150446
  • 9780231520997
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 346.6204 22
LOC classification:
  • KRM640 .D43 2010
  • KRM640 .D43 2010eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Transliterations and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Classical Islamic Law of Property -- 2 Traditional Islamic Law in the Modern Era -- 3 The Introduction of a Western Civil Code System -- 4 Property Law Under the First Civil Codes -- 5 The Development of a National Legal System -- 6 Property Law Under the Civil Code of 1949 -- Notes -- Appendix: Transliterations of Arabic and Turkish Terms -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Richard A. Debs analyzes the classical Islamic law of property based on the Shari'ah, traces its historic development in Egypt, and describes its integration as a source of law within the modern format of a civil code. He focuses specifically on Egypt, a country in the Islamic world that drew upon its society's own vigorous legal system as it formed its modern laws. He also touches on issues that are common to all such societies that have adopted, either by choice or by necessity, Western legal systems.Egypt's unique synthesis of Western and traditional elements is the outcome of an effort to respond to national goals and requirements. Its traditional law, the Shari'ah, is the fundamental law of all Islamic societies, and Debs's analysis of Egypt's experience demonstrates how Islamic jurisprudence can be sophisticated, coherent, rational, and effective, developed over centuries to serve the needs of societies that flourished under the rule of law.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Transliterations and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Classical Islamic Law of Property -- 2 Traditional Islamic Law in the Modern Era -- 3 The Introduction of a Western Civil Code System -- 4 Property Law Under the First Civil Codes -- 5 The Development of a National Legal System -- 6 Property Law Under the Civil Code of 1949 -- Notes -- Appendix: Transliterations of Arabic and Turkish Terms -- Bibliography -- Index

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Richard A. Debs analyzes the classical Islamic law of property based on the Shari'ah, traces its historic development in Egypt, and describes its integration as a source of law within the modern format of a civil code. He focuses specifically on Egypt, a country in the Islamic world that drew upon its society's own vigorous legal system as it formed its modern laws. He also touches on issues that are common to all such societies that have adopted, either by choice or by necessity, Western legal systems.Egypt's unique synthesis of Western and traditional elements is the outcome of an effort to respond to national goals and requirements. Its traditional law, the Shari'ah, is the fundamental law of all Islamic societies, and Debs's analysis of Egypt's experience demonstrates how Islamic jurisprudence can be sophisticated, coherent, rational, and effective, developed over centuries to serve the needs of societies that flourished under the rule of law.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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