Shattering tradition : custom, law and the individual in the Muslim Mediterranean /: custom, law and the individual in the Muslim Mediterranean. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Walter Dostal & Wolfgang Kraus.
• Other Names: Dostal, Walter, 1928-2011; Kraus, Wolfgang, 1958-
• Contents: Contributors; Introduction; 1. The Significance of Customary Law in the Traditional Urban Market; 2. Early Ottoman Customary Law; 3. Tribal Customary Law of the Zahran Confederation in Southern Hijaz; 4. Tribal Law in the Moroccan High Atlas; 5. Women's Choices; 6. Legal Regulation of Moroccan Habous under French Rule; 7. The Saints of Hadramawt; 8. Regulations of the Silver MArket in San 'a'; 9. The Collpase of the State and the Resurgence of Cutomary Law in Northern Somalia; Index.
• Publisher Details: London New York : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 328 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 340.5/9; Customary law (Islamic law) -- Mediterranean Region; Islamic law -- Mediterranean Region; RELIGION -- Islam -- Law; Customary law (Islamic law); Islamic law; Islam; Rechtsprechung; Gewohnheitsrecht; Staatsrecht; Islamitisch recht; Gewoonterecht; Mediterranean Region; Mittelmeerraum; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1423729102; 9781423729105; 1850436347; 9781850436348; 9780857716774; 0857716778
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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