Law, Society and Culture in the Maghrib, 13001500 (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 30, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780521816915
Subjects: Foundations of law; Islamic studies; Legal Reference / Law Profession; North Africa - History; Social life and customs; Law; North Africa; Medieval; General; Islam - Law; History / Medieval; History; Africa - General; Islam.; Islamic Law; Morocco; Wetgeving.; gtt
First sentence: The image of the Muslim qadi comfortably dispensing justice without reference to any body of legal principles or rules is shared by many laymen and not a small number of specialists.