The Islamic Law of Personal Status

Third Revised and Updated Edition
3rd Auflage
ISBN: 978-90-411-1661-1
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, Band 23, 274 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 169 mm x 248 mm, Gewicht: 558 g

Reihe: Arab and Islamic Laws Series

This new edition of the authoritative English-language treatment of Islamic personal status law gives practitioners and courts throughout the world direct access to this important body of law in its most up-to-date development. All Middle Eastern and North African Arab states are covered; new to this edition is coverage of recent provisions enacted in Kuwait, Yemen, and Sudan.

The chapter on dissolution of marriage has been completely revised to reflect current legal interpretation and judicial practice in this rapidly changing area of Islamic law. Also new and especially valuable are English versions, for the first time anywhere, of fundamental Shiite and Jaafari legal works with the most thorough analysis and commentary available in any non-Arabic source.

Dr. Nasir's much-appreciated methodology has been continued since the very successful first edition of 1986. For each topic - e.g., marriage, dower, dissolution of marriage, parentage, inheritance, and waqf - he begins with a consideration of the subject in Sharia law, and then goes on to present legislation and contemporary views, in particular Arab countries. This approach, while it clearly manifests the continuity of Islamic law respecting personal status, is of great practical value to judges and practitioners, especially those who must resolve disputes under Islamic law in non-Muslim countries.

The Islamic law of personal status is of immeasurable significance to the lives of many millions of people of the Islamic faith throughout the world. This systematic account of the subject, and the explanatory references to both traditional Islamic treatises and modern interpretative texts, make this new edition an immensely useful guide for both jurists and students. It is sure to remain without peer for many years to come.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nasir, Jamal J

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamisches Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Islamisches Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Islamic Schools of Law and General Shari'ah Maxims
2. Personal Status in the Arab States
3. Marriage
4. Dower
5. Maintenance
6. Dissolution of Marriage
7. The Iddat
8. Parentage
9. Child's Rights During Infancy: Fosterage and Custody
10. Maintenance for Descendants, Ascendants and Collaterals
11. Guardianship
12. Inheritance
13. Wills
14. WAQF
15. Gifts (Hiba)