Introduction to Middle Eastern law / [electronic resource]
Mallat, Chibli.
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2007.
Mapping out Middle Eastern law from its earliest records to the latest decisions of Middle Eastern high courts, Mallat focuses on the way legislators and courts conceive of law and apply it and introduces its main sources and legal concepts in a manner accessible to the non-specialist legal scholar or practitioner.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-442) and index.
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 -- Introduction: 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.
Mapping out Middle Eastern law from its earliest records to the latest decisions of Middle Eastern high courts, Mallat focuses on the way legislators and courts conceive of law and apply it and introduces its main sources and legal concepts in a manner accessible to the non-specialist legal scholar or practitioner.
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Law
Constitutional law
Law