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One Word - Yak Kaleme 19th-Century Persian Treatise introducing Western Codified Law / with an introduction and annotated translation by A.A. Seyed-Gohrab and S. McGlinn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mustashār al-Dawlah, Yūsuf ibn Kāẓim, -1895 or 1896.
- Series:
- Iranian studies series (Leiden, Netherlands)
- Iranian studies series
- Standardized Title:
- Yak kalimah. English & Persian
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mustashār al-Dawlah, Yūsuf ibn Kāẓim, -1895 or 1896. Yak kalimah.
- Law--Iran--European influences--History--19th century.
- Law.
- Islamic law--Iran.
- Islamic law.
- Rule of law--Iran.
- Rule of law.
- Constitutional law--Iran.
- Constitutional law.
- Iran--Politics and government--19th century.
- Iran.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (146 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Leiden] : Leiden University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- One Word - Yak Kaleme was one of the first treatises in the Middle East to demonstrate that Islam is compatible with modern western forms of government, and specifically that sharia principles can be incorporated in a codified law comparable to that found in Europe. This was a daring argument in the late 19th century, when it was extremely difficult to convince the rulers and religious class that a civil code of law was needed: would it not diminish the ruler's status, would it not disqualify the sharia, the religious law?In One Word, the author argues that the principles underlying constituti
- Contents:
- One Word - Yak Kaleme; Table of contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; The Essence of Modernity; One word; Index of the references to the Quran; Backlist Iranian Studies Series:
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. xxiv-xxv).
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613231949
- 9789087282844
- 9087282842
- 9781283231947
- 1283231948
- 9789400600126
- 9400600127
- OCLC:
- 746747219
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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