Law, Personalities, And Politics Of The Middle East: Essays In Honor Of Majid Khadduri

by James Piscatori (Editor)

Overview

This book is a tribute to Majid Khadduri and focuses on the three principal fields of his own work: Islamic and international law; ideas and personalities in the Arab world; and politics and diplomacy in the Middle East.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367022617
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/07/2019
Pages:	286
Product dimensions:	5.75(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Susanne Hoeber Rudolph is William Benton Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and director of the South Asia Area and Language Center. She is the coauthor of The Modernity of Tradition: Political Development in India (1996), In Pursuit of Lakshmi: The Political Economy of the Indian State (1987), and other books on comparative politics. James Piscatori is fellow in Islamic studies at Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies and the coauthor of. Muslim Politics (1996), Islam in a World of Nation-States (1986), and numerous books on Middle Eastern politics.

Table of Contents

Preface — Introduction — The Life and Work of Majid Khadduri — Curriculum Vitae — Islamic and International Law — Islamic Law and the Challenge of Modern Times* — The Legal Status of Jerusalem — Saudi Arabia, Culture Change, and the International Legal Order — Ideas and Personalities in the Arab World — Ameen Rihani and the Hijaz-Najd Conflict: An Abortive Peace Mission — Arab Nationalism and the Idealist Politician: The Career of Sulayman al-Baruni — The Intellectual Origins and Ideas of the Ahali Group — Politics and Diplomacy in the Middle East — The Communist Movements in the Arab World — The Gilan Soviet Revolution, 1920–1921 — The 1820 Expedition to the Gulf and the Decline of British Commercial Shipping: The Paradox of the Cost of Security — Also from The Middle East Institute …