Toward the reform of private waqfs
Subtitle: a comparative study of Isamic waqfs and English trusts
By: by Dr. Hamid Harasani
Series: Brill's Arab and Islamic laws series -- volume 10
Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9789004306974; 9789004306967
Subjects: Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations (Islamic law); Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations; Waqf
Description: Using a combination of the comparative legal method and hermeneutics, this book reconciles Islamic law with English trusts law in these two main areas. It does not find it necessary for one legal system to reign supreme over the other, as such solutions will be questioned by the internal subjects of the dominated legal system, undermining the efficacy of this study. Rather, reconciliation is a mutual step to congruence taken by both legal systems. In the area of perpetuities, the book finds that neither Islamic Waqfs must be perpetual, nor common law trusts must have a rule against perpetuities. Regarding ownership theories, the multiplicity of rendered theories in both legal systems presents more than one avenue of reconciliation. Overall, the study finds that private Waqfs and private trusts can be reconciled without undermining the internal hermeneutic standpoints of both legal systems.
Notes: Based on author's thesis (doctoral - King's College London, University of London, 2014).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-244) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Methodology and general difficulties; title: The current state of Islamic waqf law : highlighting and discussing the criticisms of the waqf system; title: Exploring the tension between the waqf 's perpetuity laws and the English trust's rule against perpetuities; title: Trust and waqf ownership structures; title: Conclusion.