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Book SynopsisTrade Review(A) fascinating read, and a core addition to community and college library collections focusing on international law. Midwest Book Review This book is a perfect study of the reform of Islamic law in the Muslim world... It will certainly be a useful guide to graduate students and researchers of Islamic law. -- Harun Karcic Symposia Extremely well-written and highly-informative... This is a very welcome addition to the English language Islamic law library. I suspect that those who teach courses on modern Islamic law will quickly place it on their mandatory reading lists. -- Mohammad Fadel Journal of Islamic Studies
Table of ContentsForeword by Frank Vogel Foreword by Ridwan Al-Sayyid Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Transliterations and Abbreviations 1. The Classical Islamic Law of Property The Classification of Lands in the Shari?ah ?Ushri Lands Kharaji Lands State Lands: The Private Domain Mawat Lands Public Lands and Servitudes Waqfs Land Tenure and Property Rights Private Property: Mulk Land Enjoyment of the Right of Ownership Acquisition and Disposition of the Right of Ownership Waqf Lands Holdings of State-Owned Lands Later Development of the Islamic System of Tenure in Egypt 2. Traditional Islamic Law in the Modern Era The System of Land Tenure Created by Muhammad Ali Kharaji Lands Masmuh Lands Rizqah Lands Ab?adiyah Lands Usiyah Lands The Traditional System of Land Tenure Prior to the Civil Codes State Lands Mulk Lands: Private Property Waqf Lands 3. The Introduction of a Western Civil Code System Ottoman Sovereignty and the Capitulations Tribunals of the Reform: The Mixed Court System Mixed Courts Consular Courts Native Courts Mahkamahs Millah Courts The Civil Codes 4. Property Law Under the First Civil Codes State Lands Kharaji Lands Mawat Lands The Public Domain The Private Domain Waqf Lands Waqf Law in the Civil Courts The Law of Waqf State Administration of Waqfs Private Property The Right of Ownership Ownership and Other Real Rights Enjoyment of the Right of Ownership The Transfer of Ownership Rights Inheritance and Testament Gifts Accession Appropriation Prescription Preemption Agreements and Contracts 5. The Development of a National Legal System Unity of Jurisdiction The Civil Courts The Administrative Courts The Courts of Personal Status Law Reform The Shari?ah Law of Personal Status The Law of Waqf The Civil Law 6. Property Law Under the Civil Code of 1949 Rules of Property Law in the Civil Code Private Property The Principal Real Rights The Right of Ownership The Transfer of Ownership Rights Inheritance Testamentary Dispositions Accession Appropriation Prescription Preemption Contract Pledge and Mortgage State Lands Waqfs Developments Under the Revolutionary Government Notes Appendix Bibliography Index
