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Recasting Islamic law : religion and the nation state in Egyptian constitution making /

By examining the intersection of Islamic law, state law, religion, and culture in the Egyptian nation-building process, Recasting Islamic Law highlights how the sharia, when attached to constitutional commitments, is reshaped into modern Islamic state law. Rachel M. Scott analyzes the complex effect...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Scott, Rachel M. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2021.
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Table des matières:
  • Note on Translation and Transliteration
  • Part I: Constitutions and the Making and Unmaking of Egyptian Nationalism
  • Constitutions, National Culture, and Rethinking Islamism
  • The Sharia as State Law
  • Constitution Making in Egypt
  • Part II: Recasting Islamic Law : Case Studies
  • The Ulama, Religious Authority, and the State
  • The "Divinely Revealed Religions"
  • The Family Is the Basis of Society
  • Judicial Autonomy and Inheritance.