Legal Pluralism in the Arab World

1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-90-411-1105-0
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, Band 18, 304 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 665 g

Reihe: Arab and Islamic Laws Series

Legal pluralism denotes both the multiple social fields which produce partially 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 favor 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 to take this systematic approach to exploring the subject. These essays significantly enrich the current canon on legal pluralism and offer the reader a unique example of its richness and usefulness.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dupret, Badouin

Dupret, Baudouin

Berger, Maurits

Al-Zwaini, Laila

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Islamisches Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Asien (inkl. Türkei und Naher Osten)
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamisches Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Afrika (außer Südafrika)

Über Autor(innen)

Baudouin Dupret is educated in Law, Arabic and Islamic Sciences at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, and has a Ph.D. in Political Sciences from the IEP (Institut d'Etudes Politiques), Paris. He is currently researcher at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) and working in Cairo, Egypt at CEDEJ (Centre d'Etudes et de Documentation Economique, Juridique et Sociale).
Maurits Berger studies Dutch Law and Arabic Studies with specialization in Islamic Law at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. He is pactised as a lawyer in the Netherlands and is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Amsterdam.
Laila al-Zwaini studied Dutch Law and Arabic Studies at Leiden University, the Netherlands. She specialized in Islamic and Middle Eastern Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS, London). She is currently writing a Ph.D. thesis on legal pluralism and judicial authorities in modern Yemen at the Research School CNWS, Leiden University.