Customary and Shari'ah Law in Arabian Society

R.B. Serjeant (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

352 Seiten

1991
Variorum (Verlag)
978-0-86078-299-5 (ISBN)

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The society and legal systems of Southern Arabia, both ancient and modern, form the subject of this second collection of articles by Professor Serjeant. His approach has been to make a detailed study of modern social structures and legal customs and to relate these to what we know of ancient society and law. The traditional tribal society of the region, he argues, has preserved in its customary law and practice a very great deal that derives directly from the pre-Islamic period, whereas the shari’ah, the law of Islam, though stemming from the same sources, has often diverged significantly from it. An understanding of the modern situation, therefore, is of immediate relevance to the interpretation of pre- and early-Islamic society. Among the particular topics covered are the interplay between tribal affinities and religious authority, marriage legislation and the "Frankish chancre" or (syphilis), and maritime customary law. From an ethnographic viewpoint, furthermore, these studies record peoples and lifestyles that have been increasingly overwhelmed by contemporary events. Les sociétés et les systèmes juridiques de l’Arabie du Sud, moderne et ancienne, sont le thème de ce recueil d'articles par le professeur Serjeant. Il aborde le sujet avec une étude des structures sociales modernes, ainsi que du droit coutumier, puis les rattache Ã ce qui est connu de la société et du droit anciens. La société tribale traditionnelle de la région, affirme-t’il, a conservé un grand nombre d’us et coutumes trouvant des origines directes au cours de la période pre-islamique, alors que le droit de l’Islam, le shari’ah, bien qu’issu des mÃªmes sources, s’en éloigne de faÃ§on significative. Le fait de comprendre la situation moderne a donc un rapport immédiat avec toute interprétation de la société islamique Ã ses débuts. Parmi les thèmes spécifiques que couvre l’auteur, se trouvent le droit marital et le "chancre" franc (syphilitique), le droit

R. B. Serjeant, formerly University of Cambridge, UK

Contents: Preface; The Da’if and the Mustad’af and the status accorded to them in the Qur’an; The Caliph ’Umar’s letters to Abu Musa al-Ash’ari and Mu’awiya; The interplay between tribal affinities and religious (Zaydi) authority in the Yemen; The ’Awdhillah Confederation with some reference to al-Hamdani; Dawlah, tribal shaykhs, the Mansab of the Waliyyah Sa’idah, qasamah, in the Fadli sultanate, South Arabian Federation; Yafi’, Zaydis, Al Bu Bakr b. Salim and others: tribes and Sayyids; The Ma’n ’Gypsies’ of the East Aden Protectorate; A Judeo-Arab housedeed from Habban (with notes on the former Jewish communities of the Wahidi Sultanate); Famine death without loss of honour in ancient Arabia and Yemeni Arhab; The ’White Dune’ at Abyan: an ancient place of pilgrimage in Southern Arabia; Forms of plea: a Safi’i manual from al-Sihr; Two tribal law cases (documents), Wahidi Sultanate, South-west Arabia; Recent marriage legislation from al-Mukalla, with notes on marriage customs; Sex, birth, circumcision, some notes from South-west Arabia; Maritime customary law off the Arabian coasts; Omani naval activities off the Southern Arabian coast in the late 11th/17th centuries, from Yemeni chronicles; Notes on the ’Frankish Chancre’ (syphilis) in Yemen, Egypt and Persia; Notes on some aspects of Arab business practices in Aden; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.10.1991
Reihe/Serie	Variorum Collected Studies
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 224 mm
Gewicht	725 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Kirchenrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-86078-299-9 / 0860782999
ISBN-13	978-0-86078-299-5 / 9780860782995
Zustand	Neuware