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Sharecropping in the Yemen
A Study in Islamic Theory, Custom and Pragmatism
Series: - Studies in Islamic Law and Society, Volume: 13
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This book discusses sharecropping in the Yemen against the background of Islamic law and customary law. Sharecropping is particularly interesting in Islam since its basis (rent as a proportion of an unknown future harvest) is ostensibly inconsistent with the Islamic prohibition against transactions involving gharar (risk or uncertainty). The first half of the book analyses how Islamic theory views sharecropping and is based on a detailed analysis of key legal texts, while the second half focuses on sharecropping as it exists in practice in the Yemen. Textual sources (Islamic legal texts, contracts, pleas and fatwÄs are related throughout to Yemeni sharecropping in practice, a task not previously attempted, and the work has been written so as to be accessible both to social scientists and to Islamic legal specialists.
William J. Donaldson, Ph.D., currently teaches Arabic at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and has published articles on Arabian fisheries development and on Islamic metrology. He holds degrees in both geography and Arabic, including two doctorates (1979 Durham, and 1998 Edinburgh).
All those interested in Islamic law (especially agricultural contracts) and its relationship with Arabian customary law; also social scientists specialising in the Yemen and in rural and agricultural studies more generally.
