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Sharīʿa and Custom in Libyan Tribal Society
An Annotated Translation of Decisions from the SharÄ«Ê¿a Courts of AdjÄbiya and Kufra
Series: - Studies in Islamic Law and Society, Volume: 24
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This volume presents annotated English translations of 72 court decisions handed down by the the SharÄ«Ê¿a Courts of AdjÄbiya and Kufra roughly during the period 1930-1970; the original texts (facsimiles and edited documents) appeared in A.Layish, Legal Documents on Libyan Tribal Society in Process of Sedentarization (Wiesbaden, 1998).
The documents address personal status, succession, homicide and bodily injury, property, obligation, and attest to the interaction between the sharīʿa representing normative Islam, and tribal customary law, representing social reality in Cyrenaica during the aforementioned period. They also exemplify the qadi's role of bringing a Bedouin society within the orbit of normative Islam. A.Borg's essay Orality, Languages, and Culture in Arabic Juridical Discourse addresses cultural aspects of orality on the language of these documents.
The study is intended for Orientalists, Islamologists, legal and social historians, social scientists, and lawyers interested in Islamic and comparative law.
The documents address personal status, succession, homicide and bodily injury, property, obligation, and attest to the interaction between the sharīʿa representing normative Islam, and tribal customary law, representing social reality in Cyrenaica during the aforementioned period. They also exemplify the qadi's role of bringing a Bedouin society within the orbit of normative Islam. A.Borg's essay Orality, Languages, and Culture in Arabic Juridical Discourse addresses cultural aspects of orality on the language of these documents.
The study is intended for Orientalists, Islamologists, legal and social historians, social scientists, and lawyers interested in Islamic and comparative law.
Aharon Layish, Ph.D. (1973), Emeritus Professor, Hebrew University, has published on Islamic, customary and Druze law, including The Reinstatement of Islamic Law in Sudan under Numayri (Brill 2002 with G.R. Warburg). He is Executive Editor of Islamic Law and Society, and President of The Israel Oriental Society.
The study is intended for students of Libyan and Islamic history, Islamists, legal and social historians, lawyers, anthropologists, and students of comparative law as well as libraries of academic institutes and research centers addressing contemporary Islam.