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Author:   Leonard Wood (Attorney at an international law firm; independent scholar, Attorney at an international law firm; independent scholar)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.690kg
ISBN:  

9780198786016

ISBN 10:   0198786018
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   15 September 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Introduction Section I: Origins of Islamic Legal Revivalism 1: The Reception of European Law in Political and Social Context 2: Early Islamic Legal Revivalism and National Complacency 3: The Sharia Bar Association Journal and the Islamic Turn Section II: European Law and Imperialist Campaigns for Islamic Legal Reform 4: Foreign Interventions in Islamic Law 5: The Long Arms of Legal Thought from Algeria, France, and Germany 6: The Comparativist Program for Islamic Legal Reform Section III: Transformations in Education and Scholarship 7: Education and Scholarship in Franco-Eygptian and French Law before 1923 8: Education and Scholarship in Islamic Law, 1868-1923 9: The Flourishing of Advanced Studies after 1923 Section IV: New Forms of Islamic Legal Thought 10: The Origins of ""General Theory"" in Islamic Legal Thought Epilogue Conclusion"

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This important book by Leonard Wood surveys and discusses legal institutional developments and scholarship in a crucial period in Egypt's modern history. ... we cannot underestimate the knowledge and expertise, and also the time and energy, required to undertake a study like Wood's. Wood was able to use an extraordinary array of sources, and his discussions of legal institutions, scholarship, pedagogy, and figures that contributed to legal thought in Egypt in the period under study is both impressive and truly useful. * Amr Osman, Journal of Islamic Ethics *

This important book by Leonard Wood surveys and discusses legal institutional developments and scholarship in a crucial period in Egypt's modern history. ... we cannot underestimate the knowledge and expertise, and also the time and energy, required to undertake a study like Wood's. Wood was able to use an extraordinary array of sources, and his discussions of legal institutions, scholarship, pedagogy, and figures that contributed to legal thought in Egypt in the period under study is both impressive and truly useful. * Amr Osman, Journal of Islamic Ethics *

Author Information

Leonard Wood lectured at Harvard University on Middle Eastern political and intellectual history and is a former research fellow of the Islamic Legal Studies Program of Harvard Law School. He holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, a Ph.D. in History and Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University, and an M.Phil. in Modern Middle Eastern Studies from Oxford University. He is a practicing attorney in the United States specializing in corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets.

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