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Dupret, Baudouin.

Legal pluralism in the Arab world / by Baudouin Dupret, Maurits Berger, Laila al-Zwaini. - The Hague ; Boston : Kluwer Law International, ©1999. - xxiii, 280 pages ; 25 cm. - Arab and Islamic laws series ; 18 . - Arab and Islamic laws series ; 18. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-264) and index.

Preface / The idea of legal pluralism / Norms, law and practices : the practical obstacles that make it impossible to separate them / Legal pluralism, normative plurality, and the Arab world / A critical survey of Western law studies on Arab-Muslim countries / Contrasted identity claims before Egyptian and Belgian courts / Palestinian law : social segmentation versus centralization / Legal pluralism and cultural unity in Morocco / Legal pluralism and public international law : an analysis based on the international convention on the rights of the child / The shariʻa and legal pluralism : the example of Syria / The treatment of unfair terms in Arab countries : an investigation into the effects of legal pluralism / An administrator's nightmare : feuding families in nineteenth century Bahariyya Oasis / The Haqq al-ʻArab : conflict resolution and distinctive features of legal pluralism in contemporary Egypt / The anarchy of Egyptian legal system : wearing away the legal and political modernity / Legal pluralism and the closure of the legal field : the al-Muhajir case / Legal plurality : relection on the status of women in Egypt / Formal and informal finance in Egypt : the significance for legal pluralism / Legal plurality and legitimation of human rights abuses : a case study of state council rulings concerning the rights of apostates / The secular reconstruction of Islamic law : the Egyptian supreme constitutional court and the "battle over the veil" in state-run schools / John Griffiths -- Gordon R. Woodman -- Jean-Noël Ferrié -- Baudouin Dupret -- Jörn Thielmann -- Marie-Claire Foblets & Baudouin Dupret -- Bernard Botiveau -- Lawrence Rosen -- Murielle Paradelle -- Maurits S. Berger -- Hassan Gemei -- Rudolph Peters -- Sarah Ben Nefissa -- Nabil ʻAbd al-Fattah -- Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron -- Nagla Nassar -- Ziad Bahaa-Eldin -- Ahmed Seif al-Islam Hamad -- Kilian Bälz.

ISBN: 9041111050 9789041111050

LCCN: 98047380

Nat. Bib. No.: GB9933183 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: B9905676 bccb 006481624 Uk

Subjects--Meeting Names:
Kongress Kairo 1996.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Law--Arab countries.
Legal polycentricity--Arab countries.
Droit--États arabes.
Pluralisme juridique--États arabes.
Law.
Legal polycentricity.
Pluralismr (sociologie)--Moyen rient
Pluralisme juridique--Pays arabes.
Islam--History

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Arab countries.

Subjects--Index Terms: Legal pluralism Arab world

LC Class. No.: KMC105 / .D87

Dewey Class. No.: 349/.14927