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Title:Islamic law and society in the Sudan
Author:Fluehr-Lobban, CarolynISNI
Year:1987
Pages:320
Language:English
City of publisher:London
Publisher:Frank Cass
ISBN:0714632805
Geographic term:Sudan
Subjects:Islamic law
law
Shari'a
Abstract:The book deals essentially with Shari'a law in practice and in interpretation in Sudan. The study was conducted during 1979/1980 in Khartoum, comprising the three towns of Khartoum, Omdurman and Khartoum North. Its geographical base is urban, primarily, as are the Shari'a courts primarily an urban phenomenon. Rural case material is included as well to show the role of custom and its interplay with formalized Shari'a law. App.: The scholarly sources - Judicial circulars of the Sudan Shari'a courts - Chronological list of Sudanese Grand Qadis - Glossary of Shari'a legal terms.
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