Islamic Law and Legal System

Studies of Saudi Arabia

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3969154
AutoresRon Shaham, Frank E Vogel
Ano2002
Volume122
Fascículo3
Páginas646
Data de publicação2002-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289
EditoraJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3087557
OpenAlexW2039527435
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas42

Based on years of research in Saudi Arabia, this volume investigates the legal system of Saudi Arabia both for its own sake and as a case-study of an Islamic legal system. As a study of Saudi Arabia, it is the first extensive treatment in English of the constitution and Islamic court system of Saudi Arabia. As a study of an existing legal system in continuity with past Islamic law and practice, it sheds new light on Islamic legal doctrine, practice, and institutions, correcting for past scholarly neglect of Islamic law's application. The book develops a framework of concepts, rooted in both Islamic and western legal theory, useful for the comparative description and analysis of Islamic legal systems and applications, past and present

Archaeology · Islam · Political science · Sharia · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Law