Description |
viii, 282 pages ; 24 cm |
Series |
Arab and Islamic laws series |
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Arab and Islamic laws series.
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Contents |
Introduction : on Islam and democracy / Chibli Mallat -- Consultation and the political process in the Islamic Middle East of the 9th, 10th, and 11th centuries / Roy Mottahedeh -- Legal literature and the problem of change : the case of the land rent / Baber Johansen -- Appellate review and judicial independence in Islamic law / Mohammad Hashim Kamali -- Legal consultation (futyā) in medieval Spain and North Africa / David S. Powers -- The emergence of the modern judiciary in the Middle East : negotiating the Mixed Courts of Egypt / B.A. Robinson -- The role of ʻurf in shaping the traditional Islamic city / Besim S. Hakim -- Islamic law and state legislation on religious conversion in India / Tahir Mahmood -- Islam and public law in Malaysia : some reflections in the aftermath of Susie Teoh's case / Andrew J. Harding -- Majlis al-dawla : the administrative courts of Egypt and administrative law / Enid Hill -- The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt and the protection of human rights and political rights / ʻAwad el-Morr -- Contemporary reinterpretations of Islamic law : the case of Egypt / Bernard Botiveau |
Analysis |
Islam Law |
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Middle East |
Notes |
"Proceedings, in part, of a conference convened by the Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, the Centre of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, and the Law Department of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, jointly with the Institut du monde arabe, Paris. Conference held in London, June 1990"--T.p. verso |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Justice, Administration of (Islamic law) -- Congresses.
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Public law (Islamic law) -- Congresses.
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Islam and state -- Congresses.
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Public law (Islamic law)
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Author |
Mallat, Chibli.
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Institut du monde arabe (France)
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University of London. Centre of Near and Middle Eastern Studies.
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University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies. Department of Law.
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University of London. Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law.
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LC no. |
93017671 |
ISBN |
1853334146 series |
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1853337684 |
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