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Toward the reform of private waqfs : a comparative study of Isamic waqfs and English trusts / by Dr. Hamid Harasani.
Van Pelt Library KBP637.32 .H368 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harasani, Hamid, author.
- Series:
- Brill's Arab and Islamic laws series ; volume 10.
- Brill's Arab and Islamic laws series, 1871-2894 ; volume 10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Waqf.
- Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations (Islamic law).
- Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations--England.
- Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 255 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, [2015]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Methodology and general difficulties
- The current state of Islamic waqf law : highlighting and discussing the criticisms of the waqf system
- Exploring the tension between the waqf 's perpetuity laws and the English trust's rule against perpetuities
- Trust and waqf ownership structures
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Based on author's thesis (doctoral - King's College London, University of London, 2014).
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-244) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789004306974
- 9004306978
- OCLC:
- 916408904
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