Family and the Courts in Modern Egypt

A Study Based on Decisions by the Sharī'a Courts, 1900-1955
Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-90-04-10742-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 259 mm, Gewicht: 651 g

Reihe: Studies in Islamic Law and Society

This important new study describes and analyzes the response of Egyptian society, as reflected in court decisions, to legal reform pertaining to matters of personal status and succession during the first half of the twentieth century. The main issues in this regard are the extent to which traditional law and legal reform are implemented or circumvented in daily practice, and the role of the judges in this process.
Family and the Courts in Modern Egypt contains three parts: marriage, divorce, and intergenerational relations.
Scholars and the general reader will find its main contribution to be its systematic analysis of court records relating to the application of modern reforms in family matters; and its attempt to situate the legal aspects of family life within the larger context of socio-economic development in Egyptian society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shaham, Ron

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Revolutionäre Gruppen und Bewegungen, Bewaffnete Konflikte
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Revolutionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Über Autor(innen)

Ron Shaham, Ph.D. (1992) in Islamic Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is a lecturer at the Hebrew University. He has published several articles on personal status affairs and pious endowments in late Ottoman Palestine and modern Egypt.