Customary Laws And Social Order In Arab Society

Author : Mohamed Abdo Mahgoub
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443878906

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Customary Laws and Social Order in Arab Society by Mohamed Abdo Mahgoub Pdf

This book presents the findings of socio-anthropological field studies on customary laws and social order in Egypt. The first chapter presents comprehensive documentation of “Al Awayid”, the customary laws of the Awlad Ali tribes, which prevail and govern political, kinship, and economic relations in the tribal semi-Bedouins and rural communities in the western desert and the Al Beheira governorate. It also traces changes in these laws that have occurred during the last forty years as a result of ecological, demographic, economic, cultural, and administrative changes in the region. The chapters which follow concentrate on such specific and relevant subjects as customary laws; criminal responsibility judgments and peaceful relations; women’s rights in tribal communities; economic development and the Arab family; Arabic writings on homosexuality and lesbianism; youth and innovation in rural culture; and violence in contemporary societies. The book concludes with a chapter on the 2013 Egyptian rebellion as a result of deviation in the Arab Spring.

Author : Robert Bertram Serjeant
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : IND:30000027170525

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Customary and Shari'ah Law in Arabian Society by Robert Bertram Serjeant Pdf

The society and legal systems of Southern Arabia, both ancient and modern, form the subject of this second collection of articles by Professor Serjeant. His approach has been to make a detailed study of modern social structures and legal customs and to relate these to what we know of ancient society and law. The traditional tribal society of the region, he argues, has preserved in its customary law and practice a very great deal that derives directly from the pre-Islamic period, whereas the shari'ah, the law of Islam, though stemming from the same sources, has often diverged significantly from it. An understanding of the modern situation, therefore, is of immediate relevance to the interpretation of pre- and early-Islamic society. Among the particular topics covered are the interplay between tribal affinities and religious authority, marriage legislation and the "Frankish chancre" or (syphilis), and maritime customary law. From an ethnographic viewpoint, furthermore, these studies record peoples and lifestyles that have been increasingly overwhelmed by contemporary events. Les sociétés et les systèmes juridiques de l'Arabie du Sud, moderne et ancienne, sont le thème de ce recueil d'articles par le professeur Serjeant. Il aborde le sujet avec une étude des structures sociales modernes, ainsi que du droit coutumier, puis les rattache à ce qui est connu de la société et du droit anciens. La société tribale traditionnelle de la région, affirme-t'il, a conservé un grand nombre d'us et coutumes trouvant des origines directes au cours de la période pre-islamique, alors que le droit de l'Islam, le shari'ah, bien qu'issu des mÃames sources, s'en éloigne de façon significative. Le fait de comprendre la situation moderne a donc un rapport immédiat avec toute interprétation de la société islamique à ses débuts. Parmi les thèmes spécifiques que couvre l'auteur, se trouvent le droit marital et le "chancre" franc (syphilitique), le droit

Author : Badouin Dupret,Maurits Berger,Laila Al-Zwaini
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004416628

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Legal Pluralism in the Arab World by Badouin Dupret,Maurits Berger,Laila Al-Zwaini Pdf

Legal pluralism denotes both the multiple social fields which produce partilly interacting norms and the state's recognition of the many sources of law which constitute its legislation. It advocates a break from traditional legal theory in favour of describing the law from a more sociological and anthropological perspective. The theory of legal pluralism proves a useful tool, offering a challenging avenue for the examination of socio-legal activities. Too often, however, the literature on legal pluralism has failed to place sufficient emphasis on its fundamental theoretical questions. The result of a seminar held in Cairo in December 1996 with contributions by sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, legal theoreticians, and practising lawyers, Legal Pluralism in the Arab World represents the first comprehensive examination of this phenomenon. This collection of essays attempts to define the notion of legal pluralism from a sociological, anthropological, and theoretical perspective and highlights its connection with particular Arab societies and countries. The work's unique features include * a preface by John Griffiths, one of the most significant voices in the formulation of the theory of legal pluralism; * a broad range of case studies, demonstrating the diversity in formulations of the theory; and * a wide variety of approaches to the subject matter. Legal Pluralism in the Arab World is the only work in existence which addresses the concept of legal pluralism in this particular part of the world in such a systematic manner. These essays significantly enrich the current canon on legal pluralism and offer the reader a unique example of its richness and usefulness.

Author : Ann E. Mayer
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1985-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438412290

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Property, Social Structure, and Law in the Modern Middle East by Ann E. Mayer Pdf

For too long the study of law and society in the modern Middle East has been left to specialists in narrow subcategories of law or the social sciences. Property, Social Structure, and Law in the Modern Middle East lays the groundwork for a new field of scholarship in which analysis of the social dimensions of law and the legal dimensions of social structure are integrated. It offers the stimulus of a variety of new models of scholarship by a distinguished international group of contributors whose work shares a common focus on regimes of property in the societies of the modern Middle East. The case studies examine the regulations of many kinds of property in relation to the social structures of selected Middle Eastern communities form the eighteenth century to the present. Most of the societies studied are subjected to pressures for rapid modernization and adjustment to major economic transformations. The book features comparisons of property rights and relations under regimes of Islamic and customary law as well as modern statutory law. Highlighted are new patterns of intervention by modern Middle Eastern states to alter traditional regimes of property and to transform the accompanying social structures. Their implications for development are also considered. The book's notes and bibliographies constitute a valuable resource for anyone interested in further research.

Author : Raficq S. Abdulla,Mohamed M. Keshavjee
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781786734051

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Understanding Sharia by Raficq S. Abdulla,Mohamed M. Keshavjee Pdf

I.B.Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies Sharia has been a source of misunderstanding and misconception in both the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds. Understanding Sharia: Islamic Law in a Globalised World sets out to explore the reality of sharia, contextualising its development in the early centuries of Islam and showing how it evolved in line with historical and social circumstances. The authors, Raficq S. Abdulla and Mohamed M. Keshavjee, both British-trained lawyers, argue that sharia and the positive law flowing from it, known as fiqh, have never been an exclusive legal system or a fixed set of beliefs. In addition to tracing the history of sharia, the book offers a critique concerning its status today. Sharia is examined with regard to particular issues that are of paramount importance in the contemporary world, such as human rights; criminal penalties, including those dealing with apostasy, blasphemy and adultery, commercial transactions, and bio-medical ethics, amongst other subjects. The authors show that sharia is a legal system underpinned by ethical principles that are open to change in different circumstances and contexts, notwithstanding the claims for `transcendental permanence' made by Islamists. This book encourages new thinking about the history of sharia and its role in the modern world.

Author : Thomas Hüsken
Publisher : Springer
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319923420

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Tribal Politics in the Borderland of Egypt and Libya by Thomas Hüsken Pdf

This book explores the tribal politics of the Awlad ‘Ali Bedouin in the borderland of Egypt and Libya. These tribal politics are part of heterarchy in which sovereignty is shared between tribes, states and other groups and, within this dynamic setting, the local politicians of the Awlad ‘Ali are essential producers of order beyond the framework of the nation state. Based on long-term fieldwork, this monograph is ideal for audiences interested in North African Politics, Libya, Egypt, and borderland studies.

Author : Sebastian Maisel,John A. Shoup
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313344435

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Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Arab States Today [2 volumes] by Sebastian Maisel,John A. Shoup Pdf

This extremely timely and helpful ready reference will familiarize all students and readers with the Gulf region and Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Dubai, the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Yemen, and Qatar. These states are bound by the desert culture, the Gulf, new oil economy, and Islam, to name some commonalities. Most Americans know something about the region, such as oases, dates, camels, oil, Bedouin tribes, and the legends of Lawrence of Arabia to Osama bin Laden. Islamic concepts and practices are still unfamiliar. On one extreme, Saudi Arabia, the cradle of Islam, has been largely closed off to Western tourists. On the other extreme, Dubai courts tourist dollars as it constructs modern architectural showcases. This is the first A-Z encyclopedia to focus on the Gulf, illuminating the land, people, religion, culture and traditions, institutions, economy, and much more for general readers. The more than 200 essay entries have a current focus with historical context as necessary. The breadth of coverage means that this resource will be of use for a wide range of researchers and browsers. Besides individual entries on each state, major cities and regions are also profiled. The natural environment and human adaptation to it receives significant space. Islamic customs and rules and various interpretations are clearly explained. Essays on topics such as key public figures, institutions, major events, politics, and state structures—some based on sources often not available in English—make this two-volume set the first-choice resource for accurate information. Suggestions for further reading accompany most entries; a chronology, selected bibliography, and photos also complement the text.

Author : Stefano Bianca
Publisher : vdf Hochschulverlag AG
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 3728119725

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Urban Form in the Arab World by Stefano Bianca Pdf

Author : Melvin E. Page
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1233 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781576077627

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Colonialism [3 volumes] by Melvin E. Page Pdf

The most exhaustive reference work available on this critical subject in world history, focusing on the politics, economy, culture, and society of both colonizers and colonized. "The history of the last 500 years is the history of imperialism," writes editor Melvin Page. In the Americas, as a result of imperialist conquest, disease, famine, and war nearly wiped out a population estimated in the tens of millions. Africa was devastated by the slave trade, an integral part of imperialism from the 1400s to the 1800s. In Asia, even though native populations survived, native political institutions were destroyed. Imperialism also forged the two most important ideologies of the last five centuries—racialism and modern nationalism. In more than 600 essays presented in this three-volume encyclopedia, Page and other leading scholars—historians, political scientists, economists, and sociologists—analyze the origins of imperialism, the many forms it took, and its impact worldwide. They also explore imperialism's bitter legacy: the gross inequities of global wealth and power that divide the former conquerors—primarily Europe, the United States, and Japan—from the people they conquered.

Author : Harold D. Nelson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Chad
ISBN : UIUC:30112104053852

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Area Handbook for Chad by Harold D. Nelson Pdf

General study of Chad - historical and geographical aspects, population, language, social structure, education, mass media, the political system, the economic structure, agriculture, industry, defence and the administration of justice. Bibliography pp. 231 to 244, maps and statistical tables.

Author : Mateusz Stępień,Jan Bazyli Klakla
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783030811938

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Law and Culture by Mateusz Stępień,Jan Bazyli Klakla Pdf

Divided into three parts, this book examines the relationship between law and culture from various perspectives, both theoretical and empirical. Part I outlines the framework for further considerations and includes new, innovative conceptualizations of two ideas that are essential to the topic of law and culture: legal culture and customary law. Both of these reappear later in the more empirically oriented chapters of Parts II and III. Part II includes chapters on the relationships between law, customs, and culture, drawing heavily on the tradition and achievements of the anthropology of law and touching on important problems of multiculturalism, legal pluralism, and cultural defense. It focuses on the more intangible meaning of culture, while Part III addresses its more material, tangible aspects and the issue of cultural production, as well as its intersection with law.

Author : Hava Dayan,Yifat Bitton
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000814774

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Femicide, Criminology and the Law by Hava Dayan,Yifat Bitton Pdf

This book offers an interdisciplinary perspective on femicide, using Israel as an illuminating case study, given its diverse communities and common-law-based legal system. Utilizing analytical alongside practical perspectives, the book offers a novel crimino-legal approach to femicide. In addition to its interdisciplinary novelty, the book presents originality in going beyond the more usual focus on the central victims and the common legal tools. Here, the authors extend the analysis to secondary victims of femicide and examine the applicability of second-tiered relevant legal tools, mostly tort law, as a means for gaining justice for the victims. This explorative journey culminates with the authors’ definition of femicide as a quintessential "crime of distinct nature". In the context of current international pledges to better understand and consequently better fight femicide, this work allows readers to comprehend the phenomenon and the ways to abolish it. The book will be an invaluable resource for academics, researchers and policy makers working in the areas of criminal law, tort law, family law, criminology and gender studies, as well as for legal theorists and criminologists seeking integration of both disciplines.

Author : Khalid M. Al-Azri
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780415672412

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Social and Gender Inequality in Oman by Khalid M. Al-Azri Pdf

Looking at the social, political and legal changes in Oman since 1970, this book challenges the Islamic and tribal traditional cultural norms relating to marriage, divorce and women’s rights which guide social and legal practice in the modern Omani state. The book argues that despite the establishment of legal instruments guaranteeing equality for all citizens, the fact that the state depends upon Islamic and tribal elites for its legitimacy invalidates these guarantees in practice. Two particular features of the legal and cultural regulation of marriage and marital rights are focused on - the perceived requirement for kafa’aor equality in marriage between so called high and low socio-economic status peoples is examined, and the institution of talaq, which grants greater rights to men than to women in appeals for divorce. This book addresses highly complex subjects with great rigor, in terms of empirical research and engagement with theory, sociological and political as well as theological and legal. It is an interesting investigation of the divisions of authority between the state, Islam and tribal norms, highlighting barriers to reform in both Oman and wider Islamic society, and advocating the removal of such obstacles.

Author : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Development Centre,Association of Arab Research Institutes and Centres for Economic and Social Development
Publisher : OECD
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038465022

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Development research projects in Arab countries by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Development Centre,Association of Arab Research Institutes and Centres for Economic and Social Development Pdf

Author : Dawn Chatty
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1104 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-12
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9789047417750

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Nomadic Societies in the Middle East and North Africa by Dawn Chatty Pdf

A volume devoted to an understanding of contemporary nomadic and pastoral societies in the Middle East and North Africa. It recognizes the variable mobile quality of the ways of life of these societies which accommodate the ‘nation-state’ but remain firmly transnational and highly adaptive.