Production and Trade in an Islamic Context
Sh arika Contracts in the Transitional Economy of Northern Samaria, 1853–1943 (II)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8968844 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ya'Akov Firestone (Harvard University Press, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 308-324 |
| Publication date | 1975-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743800022868 |
| OpenAlex | W2330694584 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 9 |
In Part I of this article I noted that the farming out of capital resources to an entrepreneur for a share of the profits, which has always played a very important role in the Middle Eastern economy, never won unqualified approval by the jurists of medieval Islam; for on the one hand farming out on shares was held to be closely allied to the sh arika (an institution of broad scope corresponding to the partnership) yet on the other it did not meet all the criteria by which a sh arika was accounted valid by the sh arî'a. The requirement it did not meet, the jurists felt, was full contractual equality between the parties — in this case the owner of the resources and his working partner or entrepreneur. Owing to the pressure of necessity, farming out on shares was validated, but on the rather shaky grounds of custom and precedent
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 1975 - 2007 (33) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |