Saite and Persian demotic cattle documents : a study in legal forms and principles in ancient Egypt /
: Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Chicago, 1983. : xvi, 126 pages [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-111) and index. : 0891308547
The Letter : law, state, society and the epistolary format in the Ancient world : proceedings of a colloquium held at the American Academy in Rome 28-30.9.2008 /
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International conference proceedings held at the American Academy in Rome, Italy the 28 to 30th of September 2008. :
306 pages, 4 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-272) and index. :
3447067640
9783447067645 :
Hadeer
Law and property in Algeria : anthropological perspectives /
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In spite of its privileged place on the African continent, in the Muslim world and in the Middle East and North Africa region, Algeria remains poorly known, and the works relating to contemporary Algerian society published outside of Algeria are rare. This book seeks to contribute to our understanding of Algerian society today, through its relationships to property and to law. Beyond this, the objective is to propose, in a comparative perspective proper to anthropology, new theoretical and methodological perspectives by which to apprehend the anthropology of law in a Muslim context. Algeria, as a post-colonial and post-Socialist State, whose population is overwhelmingly Muslim, proves to be a particularly interesting case to study. Contributors are: Hichem Amichi, Emilie Barraud, Ammar Belhimer, Yazid Ben Hounet, Nejm Benessaiah, Sami Bouarfa, Tarik Dahou, Baudouin Dupret, Marcel Kuper, Judith Scheele, Alice Wilson.
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"This volume was published with the support of the French National Agency for Research (ANR), as an outcome of the research project "Property in Moslem Transitional Environments" (PROMETEE) that was conducted within the frame of the German-French program FRAL and associated teams affiliated to the Centre Jacques-Berque (CJB) of Rabat and the Erlanger Zentrum fur Islam und Recht in Europa (EZIRE)." :
1 online resource (189 pages) : map. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004362116 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Virtue, Piety and the Law : A Study of Birgivī Meḥmed Efendī's al-Ṭarīqa al-muḥammadiyya /
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In Virtue, Piety and the Law Katharina Ivanyi examines Birgivī Meḥmed Efendī's (d. 981/1573) al-Ṭarīqa al-muḥammadiyya , a major work of pietist exhortation and advice, composed by the sixteenth-century Ottoman jurist, Ḥadīth scholar and grammarian, who would articulate a style of religiosity that had considerable reformist appeal into modern times. Linking the cultivation of individual virtue to questions of wider political, social and economic concern, Birgivī played a significant role in the negotiation and articulation of early modern Ottoman Ḥanafī piety. Birgivī's deep mistrust of the passions of the human soul led him to prescribe a regime of self-surveillance and control that was only matched in rigor by his likewise exacting interpretation of the law in matters of everyday life, as much as in state practices, such as the cash waqf, Ottoman land tenure and taxation.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004431843
9789004419865
Governing the galleys : jurisdiction, justice, and trade in the squadrons of the hispanic monarchy (sixteenth-seventeenth centuries) /
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The development of the Spanish Navy in the early modern Mediterranean triggered a change in the balance of political and economic power for the coastal populations of the Hispanic Monarchy. The establishment of new permanent squadrons, endowed with very broad jurisdictional powers, was the cause of many conflicts with the local authorities and had a direct influence on the economic and production activities of the region. Manuel Lomas analyzes the progressive consolidation of these institutions in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, their influence on the mechanisms of justice and commerce, and how they contributed to the reconfiguration of the jurisdictional system that governed the maritime trade in the Mediterranean.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004413290
Privatisation and the Creation of a Market-Based Legal System : The Case of Egypt /
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The creation of a legal infrastructure that suits the needs and potential of emerging economies is a conditio sine qua non for the long term success of a privatisation process. The purpose of this Volume is to examine and evaluate efforts of legal reform, through the analysis of legal changes in several areas of law, including securities regulation, competition law, the law on secured transactions and bankruptcy law. The study aims at assessing the overall difficulties affecting the creation of a market based legal system for emerging economies, and concludes by providing several recommendations and suggestions which are relevant to most countries and institutions engaged in the privatisation process.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789047401513
9789004125803