The Sanhuri Code, and the emergence of modern Arab civil law (1932 to 1949)
By: by Guy Bechor.
Series: Studies in Islamic law and society -- v. 29
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
ISBN-13: 9789004158788
Subjects: Sanhūrī, ʻAbd al-Razzāq Aḥmad, -- 1895-1971.; Civil law -- Egypt -- Codification -- History -- 20th century.; Civil law -- Social aspects -- Egypt.; Property -- Social aspects -- Egypt.; Obligations (Law) -- Social aspects -- Egypt.; Contracts -- Social aspects -- Egypt.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-330) and index.
Table of contents: title: Law as remedy; title: The structural engineering of the Code : the gate to the concealed; title: The social function of property law; title: Contract law as ideology : the emergence of contractual justice; title: The dominion of progress; title: Toward a new modus vivendi : legal flexibility (Murūna) as a social interest; title: The lesser evil.