Islamic law and civil code : the law of property in Egypt / Richard A. Debs ; forewords by Frank E. Vogel and Ridwan Al-Sayyid.
2010
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Title
Islamic law and civil code : the law of property in Egypt / Richard A. Debs ; forewords by Frank E. Vogel and Ridwan Al-Sayyid.
Published
New York : Columbia University Press, [2010]
Copyright
©2010
Call Number
KRM640 .D43 2010
Former Call Number
Eg 400 D35 2010
Spine Title
Islamic law and civil code
ISBN
9780231150446 (hbk. : alk. paper)
023115044X (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780231520997 (ebook)
0231520999 (ebook)
023115044X (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780231520997 (ebook)
0231520999 (ebook)
Description
xviii, 191 pages ; 22 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)472793242
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-179) and index.
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Table of Contents
Foreword / Frank E. Vogel
ix
Foreword / Ridwan Al-Sayyid
xiii
Preface
xv
Acknowledgments
xvii
Transliterations and Abbreviations
xix
Introduction
1
1.
The Classical Islamic Law of Property
7
The Classification of Lands in the Shari'ah
8
Ùshri Lands
9
Kharaji Lands
11
State Lands: The Private Domain
13
Mawat Lands
14
Public Lands and Servitudes
15
Waqfs
16
Land Tenure and Property Rights
17
Private Property: Mulk Land
18
Enjoyment of the Right of Ownership
18
Acquisition and Disposition of the Right of Ownership
20
WaqfLands
25
Holdings of State-Owned Lands
30
Later Development of the Islamic System of Tenure in Egypt
34
2.
Traditional Islamic Law in the Modern Era
37
The System of Land Tenure Created / Muhammad Ali
38
Kharaji Lands
40
Masmuh Lands
44
Rizqah Lands
45
Ab'adiyah Lands
46
Usiyah Lands
47
The Traditional System of Land Tenure Prior to the Civil Codes
49
State Lands
49
Mulk Lands: Private Property
52
WaqfLands
53
3.
The Introduction of a Western Civil Code System
56
Ottoman Sovereignty and the Capitulations
57
Tribunals of the Reform: The Mixed Court System
60
Mixed Courts
61
Consular Courts
63
Native Courts
64
Mahkamahs
66
Millah Courts
69
The Civil Codes
69
4.
Property Law Under the First Civil Codes
72
State Lands
73
Kharaji Lands
73
Mawat Lands
76
The Public Domain
77
The Private Domain
79
WaqfLands
80
WaqfLands Law in the Civil Courts
80
The Law of Waqf
82
State Administration of Waqfs
84
Private Property
85
The Right of Ownership
86
Ownership and Other Real Rights
86
Enjoyment of the Right of Ownership
87
The Transfer of Ownership Rights
90
Inheritance and Testament
90
Gifts
90
Accession
91
Appropriation
91
Prescription
92
Preemption
93
Agreements and Contracts
94
5.
The Development of a National Legal System
98
Unity of Jurisdiction
99
The Civil Courts
100
The Administrative Courts
102
The Courts of Personal Status
104
Law Reform
106
The Shari'ah Law of Personal Status
107
The Law of Waqf
109
The Civil Law
111
6.
Property Law Under the Civil Code of 1949
116
Rules of Property Law in the Civil Code
118
Private Property
120
The Principal Real Rights
120
The Right of Ownership
122
The Transfer of Ownership Rights
126
Inheritance
127
Testamentary Dispositions
127
Accession
128
Appropriation
128
Prescription
129
Preemption
130
Contract
132
Pledge and Mortgage
135
State Lands
136
Waqfs
137
Developments Under the Revolutionary Government
140
Notes
145
Appendix
161
Bibliography
163
Index
181