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TheIslamic Lawof PersonalStatus, by Jamal J. Nasir, Third Revised and Updated Edition, Arab and Islamic Laws Series, Kluwer Law International, CVO

TheIslamic Lawof PersonalStatus, by Jamal J. Nasir, Third Revised and Updated Edition, Arab and... Dr Nasir's "Islamic Law of Personal Status is perhaps the most useful general work avail- able dealing with this subject. It presents in a highly accessible form the overall struc- ture of provisions relating to the family, shading this in where relevant with detail of the codified laws of the Arab countries. It sets out both legal theory and the manner in which this theory is carried through into legislation and as such it is highly success- ful. It presents material organized in accordance with the divisions traditionally set down by the jurists, and generally followed in the laws of the majority of the Arab states that have codified their personal status laws and in this way it conveys faithfully the par- ticular method and logic of the Islamic legal view of the family. Overall this is a very much better book than the second edition. The introductory section has been rewritten and provides a succinct but informative history of the de- velopment of Islamic law from the era of the Prophet to the present day, while Chap- ter 1 offers an overview of the main branches of Islam and schools of jurisprudence. For the student or practitioner with little or no background knowledge of Islam this pro- vides invaluable context to the law. The main body of the text has changed little in structure but Dr. Nasir has incor- porated the personal status provisions enacted in Kuwait, Yemen and Sudan since the publication of the previous editions and has thoroughly revised the section on disso- lution of marriage. It would appear, however, that the book probably went to press be- fore the enactment of Egyptian Law No. 1 of 2000 containing a number of provi- sions in personal status but especially significant due to the important developments in the law of khul' that it introduced. Provisions for granting of khul' have also been introduced recently in Jordan. This is unavoidable, however, in an area of law that is developing constantly and we look forward to Dr. Nasir's examination of these pro- visions in the future. This is a book that may be studied systematically by the student of Islamic law, or picked up by the practitioner for reference on a particular point. Its style is clear and readable and its organization and indexing make it easy for the reader to locate the in- formation he or she seeks. If there is anything to be criticized in this book it is the non-standard and somewhat inconsistent system of transliteration of Arabic names and terminology. Otherwise, this is an excellent and valuable tool, written by a lawyer for lawyers but equally readable by the non-specialist. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law Online Brill

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Dr Nasir's "Islamic Law of Personal Status is perhaps the most useful general work avail- able dealing with this subject. It presents in a highly accessible form the overall struc- ture of provisions relating to the family, shading this in where relevant with detail of the codified laws of the Arab countries. It sets out both legal theory and the manner in which this theory is carried through into legislation and as such it is highly success- ful. It presents material organized in accordance with the divisions traditionally set down by the jurists, and generally followed in the laws of the majority of the Arab states that have codified their personal status laws and in this way it conveys faithfully the par- ticular method and logic of the Islamic legal view of the family. Overall this is a very much better book than the second edition. The introductory section has been rewritten and provides a succinct but informative history of the de- velopment of Islamic law from the era of the Prophet to the present day, while Chap- ter 1 offers an overview of the main branches of Islam and schools of jurisprudence. For the student or practitioner with little or no background knowledge of Islam this pro- vides invaluable context to the law. The main body of the text has changed little in structure but Dr. Nasir has incor- porated the personal status provisions enacted in Kuwait, Yemen and Sudan since the publication of the previous editions and has thoroughly revised the section on disso- lution of marriage. It would appear, however, that the book probably went to press be- fore the enactment of Egyptian Law No. 1 of 2000 containing a number of provi- sions in personal status but especially significant due to the important developments in the law of khul' that it introduced. Provisions for granting of khul' have also been introduced recently in Jordan. This is unavoidable, however, in an area of law that is developing constantly and we look forward to Dr. Nasir's examination of these pro- visions in the future. This is a book that may be studied systematically by the student of Islamic law, or picked up by the practitioner for reference on a particular point. Its style is clear and readable and its organization and indexing make it easy for the reader to locate the in- formation he or she seeks. If there is anything to be criticized in this book it is the non-standard and somewhat inconsistent system of transliteration of Arabic names and terminology. Otherwise, this is an excellent and valuable tool, written by a lawyer for lawyers but equally readable by the non-specialist.

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Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law Online – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2001

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