Aharon Layish's Books

Law, Custom, and Statute in the Muslim World

Studies in Honor of Aharon Layish

By: Rôn Šaham

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Law, Custom, and Statute in the Muslim World

Studies in Honor of Aharon Layish

By: Rôn Šaham

This collective volume deals with the main components in the laws of Islamic societies, past and present: sharia, custom and statute. Covers a wide range of geographical areas, from the Balkans to Yemen, and from Iraq to the Maghrib -- Back cover.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

298

Publisher

BRILL

Published Date

ISBN 10

9004154531

ISBN 13

9789004154537

Women and Islamic Law in a Non-Muslim State

By: Aharon Layish

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Women and Islamic Law in a Non-Muslim State

By: Aharon Layish

This book is methodologically unique in scholarly literature on Muslim society. Its originality lies in the fact that the rich material offered by the shari'a courts is given a thorough analysis with a view to drawing conclusions about the present-day phenomena in Arab society and processes that the society has been undergoing in modern times. Aharon Layish examines every aspect of the social status of Muslim women that finds expression in the shari'a courts: the age of marriage, stipulations inserted in the marriage contract, dower, polygamy, maintenance and obedience, divorce, custody of the children, guardianship, and succession. Each chapter opens with a short legal introduction based on all the sources of law applying in shari'a courts, followed by social analyses and a study of the attitudes and approaches of the qadis, or Muslim religious judges. Layish examines the relationship between shari'a and Israeli legislation: Do shari'a courts have regard to the provisions of Israeli law? What is the relationship between shari'a and social custom, and which is decisive in regard to Israeli Muslim women? To what extent does Israeli law actually affect Israeli Muslim women? What is the attitude of the qadis, toward Israeli legislation? Women and Islamic Law in a Non-Muslim State is an important and original study that will be of interest to students and scholars of Islamic law, comparative law, sociology, and modernization.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

388

Publisher

Transaction Pub

Published Date

ISBN 10

0878551700

ISBN 13

9780878551705

Legal Documents from the Judean Desert

The Impact of the Shari'a on Bedouin Customary Law

By: Aharon Layish

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Legal Documents from the Judean Desert

The Impact of the Shari'a on Bedouin Customary Law

By: Aharon Layish

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.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

606

Publisher

BRILL

Published Date

ISBN 10

9004185712

ISBN 13

9789004185715

The Reinstatement of Islamic Law in Sudan under Numayrī

An Evaluation of a Legal Experiment in the Light of its Historical Context, Methodology, and Repercussions

By: Aharon Layish,Gabriel R. Warburg

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Reinstatement of Islamic Law in Sudan under Numayrī

An Evaluation of a Legal Experiment in the Light of its Historical Context, Methodology, and Repercussions

By: Aharon Layish,Gabriel R. Warburg

The present study examines President Ja'far Numayrī's experiment of reinstating Islamic law in the Sudan and the methods employed to this end, in the light of its historical context and sources of inspiration. Islamist legislation, legal circulars and judicial practice are here utilized as source material for the analysis of the methodology employed in Numayrī's experiment and its application with a view to evaluating their impact on the uncodified Islamic law, state control of public morals, and on Sudanese society and economy. The focus of attention here is the judge as an instrument for implementing the government's Islamist policy by means of expanded judicial discretion based on a synthesis of traditional Islamic and modern non-Islamic sources of law. The book is intended for Islamists, legal historians, and lawyers.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

372

Publisher

BRILL

Published Date

ISBN 10

9004491163

ISBN 13

9789004491168

Sharīʿa and the Islamic State in 19th-Century Sudan

The Mahdī’s Legal Methodology and Doctrine

By: Aharon Layish

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sharīʿa and the Islamic State in 19th-Century Sudan

The Mahdī’s Legal Methodology and Doctrine

By: Aharon Layish

The Sudanese Mahdī headed a millenarian, revivalist, reformist movement in Islam, strongly inspired by Salafī and Ṣūfī ideas, in late 19th century in an attempt to restore the Caliphate of the Prophet and “Righteous Caliphs” in Medina. As the “Successor of the Prophet”, the Mahdī was conceived of as the political head of the Islamic state and its supreme religious authority. On the basis of his legal opinions, decisions, proclamations and “traditions” attributed to him, an attempt is made to reconstruct his legal methodology consisting of the Qurʾān, sunna, and inspiration (ilhām) derived from the Prophet and God, its origins, and its impact on Islamic legal doctrine, and to assess his “legislation” as an instrument to promote his political, social and moralistic agenda.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

370

Publisher

BRILL

Published Date

ISBN 10

9004313990

ISBN 13

9789004313996

Laish

A novel

By: Aharon Appelfeld

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Laish

A novel

By: Aharon Appelfeld

A caravan of Jews wanders through Eastern Europe at the end of the nineteenth century on a heartbreaking quest. Spiritual seekers and the elderly, widows and orphans, the sick and the dying, con artists and adventurers, victims of pogroms who have no place else to go–they are all on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, but the journey is filled with unexpected detours and unanticipated disaster. Among them is Laish, a fifteen-year-old orphan, through whose eyes we observe the interactions within this ragtag group of dreamers, holy men, misfits, and thieves as they battle with one another, try to stay one step ahead of the gendarmes, and do what little they can to keep up their flagging spirits. With the death of the rabbi who brought the group together, they are now led by men whom Laish refers to as “the dealers”–black-market traders whose motives are questionable but who periodically infuse the group with the money they need to get to the next town. Years pass, tempers start to fray, and the caravan grows smaller as people die or abandon the venture. A brutal winter and typhoid epidemic further decimate the ranks, and the pilgrims have begun to reach the limits of their endurance. The dream of Jerusalem keeps the remnant going, and against all odds they finally arrive–emotionally and physically exhausted–at the port city of Galacz. They see their ship in the harbor, but whether they will actually make it onto that ship is suddenly and tragically thrown into doubt. This magnificent new novel from Aharon Appelfeld (“One of the greatest writers of the age” —The Guardian) resonates with a universality of experience: the will to survive, the struggle to hold on to hope.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

241

Publisher

Schocken

Published Date

ISBN 10

080524347X

ISBN 13

9780805243475

Islamic Law, Tribal Customary Law and Waqf

Studies in the Legal History of the Modern Middle East and North Africa

By: Aharon Layish

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Islamic Law, Tribal Customary Law and Waqf

Studies in the Legal History of the Modern Middle East and North Africa

By: Aharon Layish

In this collected volume, Aharon Layish demonstrates that legal documents are an essential source for legal and social history. Since the late nineteenth century, Islamic law has undergone tremendous transformations, some of which have strongly affected the basic features of its nature. The changes include the transformation of Islamic law from a jurists’ law to a statutory law; the abolishment of waqf; the Islamization of tribal customary law; the creation of Sudanese legal methodologies strongly inspired by Ṣūfī and Salafī traditions or Western law, and the emergence of an Israeli version of Islamic law.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

648

Publisher

BRILL

Published Date

ISBN 10

9004680926

ISBN 13

9789004680920

Sharīʿa and the Islamic State in 19th-Century Sudan

The Mahdī’s Legal Methodology and Doctrine

By: Aharon Layish

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sharīʿa and the Islamic State in 19th-Century Sudan

The Mahdī’s Legal Methodology and Doctrine

By: Aharon Layish

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

370

Publisher

BRILL

Published Date

ISBN 10

9004313990

ISBN 13

9789004313996

Legal Documents from the Judean Desert

The Impact of the Shari'a on Bedouin Customary Law

By: Aharon Layish

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Legal Documents from the Judean Desert

The Impact of the Shari'a on Bedouin Customary Law

By: Aharon Layish

English translations of modern legal documents from the Judean Desert cast light on the Islamization of the tribal customary law in the tribal judge s precinct. This book is intended for students of Islamic law, of customary law and comparative law, legal, social and economic historians, and Arabists.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

607

Publisher

BRILL

Published Date

ISBN 10

9004201327

ISBN 13

9789004201323

Women and Islamic Law in a Non-Muslim State

A Study Based on Decisions of the Sharīʻa Courts in Israel

By: Aharon Layish

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Women and Islamic Law in a Non-Muslim State

A Study Based on Decisions of the Sharīʻa Courts in Israel

By: Aharon Layish

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

369

Publisher

Transaction Pub

Published Date

ISBN 10

1412805848

ISBN 13

9781412805841

Sharīʻa and Custom in Libyan Tribal Society

An Annotated Translation of Decisions from the Sharīʻa Courts of Adjābiya and Kufra

By: Aharon Layish

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sharīʻa and Custom in Libyan Tribal Society

An Annotated Translation of Decisions from the Sharīʻa Courts of Adjābiya and Kufra

By: Aharon Layish

This volume comprising annotated translations of court decisions focuses on the interaction between the sharīʿa and tribal law as reflected in 72 protocols pertaining to personal status, homicide and bodily injury, etc. issued by Libyan sharīʿa courts approximately during the period 1930-1970.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

351

Publisher

Studies in Islamic Law and Soc

Published Date

ISBN 10

9004140824

ISBN 13

9789004140820

The Reinstatement of Islamic Law in Sudan under Numayrī

An Evaluation of a Legal Experiment in the Light of its Historical Context, Methodology, and Repercussions

By: Aharon Layish,Gabriel R. Warburg

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Reinstatement of Islamic Law in Sudan under Numayrī

An Evaluation of a Legal Experiment in the Light of its Historical Context, Methodology, and Repercussions

By: Aharon Layish,Gabriel R. Warburg

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

372

Publisher

BRILL

Published Date

ISBN 10

9004491163

ISBN 13

9789004491168

Sharīʼa [i.e. Sharīʻa] and Custom in Libyan Tribal Society

An Annotated Translation of Decisions from the Sharīʼa [i.e. Sharīʻa] Courts of Adjābiya [i.e. Ajdābiya] and Kufra

By: Aharon Layish

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sharīʼa [i.e. Sharīʻa] and Custom in Libyan Tribal Society

An Annotated Translation of Decisions from the Sharīʼa [i.e. Sharīʻa] Courts of Adjābiya [i.e. Ajdābiya] and Kufra

By: Aharon Layish

This volume comprising annotated translations of court decisions focuses on the interaction between the shari?a and tribal law as reflected in 72 protocols pertaining to personal status, homicide and bodily injury, etc. issued by Libyan shari?a courts approximately during the period 1930-1970.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

351

Published Date

ISBN 10

9047406265

ISBN 13

9789047406266

Book's by Aharon Layish

Law, Custom, and Statute in the Muslim World

Law, Custom, and Statute in the Muslim World

Women and Islamic Law in a Non-Muslim State

Women and Islamic Law in a Non-Muslim State

Legal Documents from the Judean Desert

Legal Documents from the Judean Desert

The Reinstatement of Islamic Law in Sudan under Numayrī

The Reinstatement of Islamic Law in Sudan under Numayrī

Sharīʿa and the Islamic State in 19th-Century Sudan

Sharīʿa and the Islamic State in 19th-Century Sudan

Laish

Laish

Islamic Law, Tribal Customary Law and Waqf

Islamic Law, Tribal Customary Law and Waqf

Sharīʿa and the Islamic State in 19th-Century Sudan

Sharīʿa and the Islamic State in 19th-Century Sudan

Legal Documents from the Judean Desert

Legal Documents from the Judean Desert

Women and Islamic Law in a Non-Muslim State

Women and Islamic Law in a Non-Muslim State

Sharīʻa and Custom in Libyan Tribal Society

Sharīʻa and Custom in Libyan Tribal Society

The Reinstatement of Islamic Law in Sudan under Numayrī

The Reinstatement of Islamic Law in Sudan under Numayrī

Sharīʼa [i.e. Sharīʻa] and Custom in Libyan Tribal Society

Sharīʼa [i.e. Sharīʻa] and Custom in Libyan Tribal Society

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email