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Author Sait, Siraj.

Title Land, law and Islam : property and human rights in the Muslim world / Siraj Sait and Hilary Lim
Published London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 241 pages)
Contents Researching Islam, land and property -- Islamic law, land and methodologies -- Islamic land tenures and reform -- Islamic human rights and land -- Inheritance laws and systems -- Muslim women and property -- The waqf (endowment) and Islamic philanthropy -- Islamic credit and microfinance
Summary This pioneering work addresses Islamic property and land rights by drawing on a range of socio-historical, classical and contemporary debates. The authors consider the possibilities for inclusive and pro-poor approaches to land rights within Islamic legal and human rights systems
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-224) and index
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Subject Property (Islamic law)
Right of property (Islamic law)
Muslim women -- Legal status, laws, etc. (Islamic law)
Inheritance and succession (Islamic law)
Decedents' estates (Islamic law)
LAW -- Property.
Decedents' estates (Islamic law)
Inheritance and succession (Islamic law)
Property (Islamic law)
Right of property (Islamic law)
Vermogensrecht.
Landrechten.
Islamitische wereld.
Form Electronic book
Author Lim, Hilary.
ISBN 9781848130685
1848130686
1281258849
9781281258847
1848137206
9781848137202
9786611258849
6611258841
Other Titles Land, law & Islam