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Author Debs, Richard A.

Title Islamic law and civil code : the law of property in Egypt / Richard A. Debs ; forewords by Frank E. Vogel and Ridwan Al-Sayyid
Published New York : Columbia University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 191 pages)
Contents The classical Islamic law of property -- Traditional Islamic law in the modern era -- The introduction of a western civil code system -- Property law under the first civil codes -- The development of a national legal system -- Property law under the Civil Code of 1949
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. -- Book jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-179) and index
Notes In English
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Subject Property -- Egypt
Property (Islamic law) -- Egypt
Property (Islamic law)
HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Property
Property (Islamic law)
Eigentum
Grundeigentum
Eigentum.
Egypt
Ägypten
Ägypten.
Form Electronic book
Author Vogel, Frank E
Sayyid Raḍwān, ʻAbd al-Wahhāb
LC no. 2009049736
ISBN 9780231520997
0231520999