Introduction to Middle Eastern Law / Edition 1

by Chibli Mallat

Overview

This book provides an introduction to the laws of the Middle East, defining the contours of a multi-faceted field of study. It introduces Middle Eastern law as a reflection of legal styles, many of which are shared by Islamic law and the laws of Christian and Jewish Near Eastern communities. It offers a detailed survey of the foundations of Middle Eastern Law, using court archives and an array of legal sources from the earliest records of Hammurabi to the massive compendia of law in the Islamic classical age through to the latest decisions of Middle Eastern high courts. It focuses on the way legislators and courts conceive of law and apply it in the Middle East. It builds on the author's extensive legal practice, to introduce the Middle Eastern law's main sources and concepts in a manner accessible to non-specialist legal scholars and practitioners alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199230495
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/23/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	496
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 6.10(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Chibli Mallat is the EU Jean Monnet Professor of Law at the Université Saint-Joseph, Beirut, and a Visiting Professor at Princeton University. In addition to his work in European law, he is a leading scholar of Islamic and Middle Eastern law, a legal practitioner, and a Former Director of the Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern law at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London.

Table of Contents

Preface1. From Islamic to Middle Eastern Law:a Restatement of the FieldI History2. The Formation of Middle Eastern lawII Public Law3. Introduction to the Contemporary Middle East4. Constitutional Law: the Specificity of Middle Eastern Constitutionalism5. Constitutional Review: the Spread of Constitutional Councils and Courts6. Judicial ReviewIII Private Law7. Introduction to the Age of Codification8. Civil law: on Style and Substance9. Commercial Law: Modernity and its Hiccups10. Family Law: the Search for Gender Equality11. Epilogue: Justice and Lawyering in the Middle EastBibliographyTables of Cases, legislation, Verses and iHadiths/i