The Marriage Contract in Islamic Law:In the Shari'ah and Personal Status Laws of Egypt and Morocco (Arab and Islamic Laws Series) - Hardcover

Dawoud El Alami

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1853337196 ISBN 13: 9781853337192

Publisher: Springer, 1992

Synopsis

This book is an analysis of the contract of marriage according to the Islamic Shari'ah and of two modern Islamic states. It examines the prerequisites for marriage, the elements which go to form the contract, the processes involved in making the contract, and the institution of marriage itself. The author expresses the essential Islamic concepts of marriage faithfully whilst making the work as accessible as possible te readers of various backgrounds. It will be of interest to legal professionals, to academics and students of Islamic law, and to those interested in Islam, the Middle East and North Africa. Useful Tables of Laws ans Cases are included.

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About the Author:

Dawoud Sudqi El Alami was formerly a Senior Associate Member of St Anthony's College, Oxford, and Research Fellow at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Oxford. He is a member of the Egyptian Bar and has practised as a lawyer there, where he is also qualified to appear before the High Court of Appeal. In 1978 he received a Licence en Droit from Cairo, and received his Ph.D. at Glasgow University in 1990. From 1988-1990 he was a Research Fellow at the University of Kent.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 1853337196
• ISBN 13: 9781853337192
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224