Introduction to middle eastern law / Chibli Mallat.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.

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Law -- History -- Middle East.

Law -- Middle East.

Constitutional law -- Middle East.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Introduction: the autonomy of Middle Eastern law

The formation of Middle Eastern law

The contemporary Middle East: a historical primer

Constitutional law: the specificity of Middle Eastern constitutionalism

Constitutional review: the spread of constitutional councils and courts

Judicial review: criminal and administrative law

From the age of codification to the age of case-law

Civil law: style and substance

Commercial law: globalization and tradition

Family law: the search for equality

Epilogue: justice and lawyering in the Middle East.

This book provides an introduction to the laws of the Middle East. It offers a detailed survey of the foundations of the legal system in the Middle East and introduces the main legal concepts and their application in this increasingly important area of the modern world.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published works with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Oxford scholarship online. Law collection.

9780199230495

xxvii, 455 p. ; 24 cm