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The Sanhuri Code, and the emergence of modern Arab civil law (1932 to 1949) / by Guy Bechor.

Van Pelt Library KRM500 .B435 2007
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Format:
Book
Thesis/Dissertation
Author/Creator:
Bechor, Guy.
Series:
Studies in Islamic law and society 1384-1130 ; v. 29.
Studies in Islamic law and society, 1384-1130 ; v. 29
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Civil law--Egypt--Codification--History--20th century.
Civil law.
Civil law--Social aspects--Egypt.
Property--Social aspects--Egypt.
Property.
Obligations (Law)--Social aspects--Egypt.
Obligations (Law).
Contracts--Social aspects--Egypt.
Contracts.
Sanhūrī, ʻAbd al-Razzāq Aḥmad, 1895-1971.
Sanhūrī, ʻAbd al-Razzāq Aḥmad.
Contracts--Social aspects.
Social aspects.
Property--Social aspects.
Civil law--Social aspects.
History.
Egypt.
Genre:
Academic theses.
Physical Description:
xiii, 341 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Place of Publication:
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Contents:
Law as remedy
The structural engineering of the Code: the gate to the concealed
The social function of property law
Contract law as ideology: the emergence of contractual justice
The dominion of progress
Toward a new modus vivendi: legal flexibility (Murūna) as a social interest
The lesser evil.
Notes:
Revised and expanded version of dissertation (doctoral) titled "The Egyptian Civil Code: in search of social order, 1936-1949"--Tel Aviv University, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-330) and index.
ISBN:
9789004158788
9004158782
OCLC:
156975261

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