Legal documents from the Judean desert : the impact of the Shari'a on Bedouin customary law / by Aharon Layish.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Layish, Aharon, 1933-2022.

Series:

Studies in Islamic law and society ; . 33.

Studies in Islamic law and society ; . 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Customary law (Islamic law)--Palestine.

Customary law (Islamic law).

Customary law (Islamic law)--Jordan.

Customary law.

Law, Bedouin.

Judean Desert.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 582 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume presents annotated English translations of 74 awards handed down by tribal arbitrators and other legal documents obtained from the Bedouin of the Judean Desert. The documents address such legal issues as blood and sexual offenses, family disputes, inheritance, private transactions in land and water rights, tribal boundaries, contracts and obligations. The documents, some of which date back to the 19th century, provide vital information on the process of Islamization of the tribal customary law in the precinct of the tribal judge. The facsimile reproductions of the manuscripts are included, rendering direct access to the original documents. The study is intended for students of Islamic law, of customary law and of comparative law, and historians interested in the legal, social and economic history of modern Palestine and Jordan. A linguistic essay, by Dr. Mūsā Shawārbah, based on the Bedouin documents, appears at the end of the study.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / A. Layish

Introduction One Tribal Arbitrators’ Documents As A Source Of Legal History / A. Layish

Introduction Two The Sedentary Bedouin Of The Judean Desert / A. Layish

Introduction Three Tribal Judiciary And Customary Law / A. Layish

Document One Submission, Tribal Award And Registration With Notary Public (1978) / A. Layish

Document Two Murder with No Witnesses and Exculpatory Oath at al-Aqṣā Mosque (1954) / A. Layish

Document Three Blood-Money Pact Reducing Tribal Liability (1966) / A. Layish

Document Four Dissociation From Blood Group’s Liability On Individual’s Initiative (1963) / A. Layish

Document Five Unintentional Vehicular Homicide And Reconciliation In The Presence Of A Qāḍī And A Muftī (1955) / A. Layish

Document Six Unintentional Homicide Entailing Diya Muḥammadiyya (1975) / A. Layish

Document Seven Diya Muḥammadiyya In The Presence Of A Sharʿī Qāḍī (1957) / A. Layish

Document Eight An Eye For An Eye Or Monetary Compensation (1956) / A. Layish

Document Nine Amputation Of The Hand Or Compensation Of One-Third Of A Diya Of A Person (1973) / A. Layish

Document Ten Abduction, Marriage And Closure Of Criminal File (N.D.) / A. Layish

Document Eleven Offense Against A Woman’s Chastity Ṣā’iḥat Al-Ḍuḥā (1956) / A. Layish

Document Twelve Cutting Down Trees, Damage To A Well, Etc. (1976) / A. Layish

Document Thirteen Tribal Agreement On Regulations Relating To Corn Theft (1949) / A. Layish

Document Fourteen Mukhtārs’ Petition Concerning Shar’ī Marriage (N.D.) / A. Layish

Document Fifteen Shar’ī Confirmation Of A Customary Marriage (1956) / A. Layish

Document Sixteen Shar’ī Marriage Contract (1958) / A. Layish

Document Seventeen Resort To Tribal Qāḍī Following The Harī’a Court’s Failure To Solve A Dispute (1963) / A. Layish

Document Eighteen Prompt Mahr Given To A Bride’s Mother In Trust (1934) / A. Layish

Document Nineteen Acknowledgment Of Mahr As Debt (1934) / A. Layish

Document Twenty Agreement Between Brothers On Mobilizing Mahr Out Of The Estate (1957) / A. Layish

Document Twenty-One Tribal Agreement On Mahr (1940) / A. Layish

Document Twenty-Two Shar’ī Judgment Granting Maintenance (1964) / A. Layish

Document Twenty-Three Bayt Shar’ī, Obedience And Divorce In The Sharī’a Court (1970) / A. Layish

Document Twenty-Four Customary Khul’: Compensation To Divorcing Husband On His Wife’s Remarriage (1959) / A. Layish

Document Twenty-Five Khul’ Prior To Consummation To Be Effected In The Sharī’a Court (1966) / A. Layish

Document Twenty-Six Consensual Divorce With Sureties To Be Effected In The Sharī’a Court (1974) / A. Layish

Document Twenty-Seven Tribal Award Of Separation To Be Accomplished By Shar’ī Ṭalāq (1972) / A. Layish

Document Twenty-Eight “Renunciation Divorce” On The Wife’s Initiative In The Sharī’a Court (1962) / A. Layish

Document Twenty-Nine Shar’ī Legal Opinion On Oath Of Suspended Divorce (N.D.) / A. Layish

Document Thirty Agreement On Child’s Custody And Maintenance (1979) / A. Layish

Document Thirty-One Replacement Of Guardian Of Minors’ Property By A Shar’ī Qāḍī (1904) / A. Layish.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-16128-1

9786613161284

90-04-18571-2

OCLC:

743693783

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004201323.i-582 DOI