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Introduction

Introduction INTRODUCTION It has long appeared strange to the Editors of this Quarterly that the annals of the United Kingdom reveal no similar publication; nor does history reveal any sufficient forum for the discussion of Arab law. To recall the history of relations between the cultures of the United Kingdom and those of the Arab nations is to reveal the anomaly of this situation. The romance of such names as Sadler, Palgrave, Burton, Blunt, Digby, Doughty, Bell, Lawrence, Shakespeare, Abdulla Philby, Stark, Dickson, Thomas, Thesiger ... is such as to bring a light even to the cool eye of the lawyer. English law, too, has left its mark, although, alas, more on history than on the contemporary systems of the Arab world. Yet we recall the incursions of English law and sometimes jurisdiction in Egypt and the Sudan, Palestine, Iraq, Jordan, Aden (now South Yemen); while in the States of the Arabian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (erstwhile the Trucial States) and Oman, the British Crown long exercised extraterritorial jurisdiction which came to an end as recently as 1961 (Kuwait) and 1971 (the Southern gulf). It is hoped that the anomaly thus exposed may be corrected http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Arab Law Quarterly Brill

Introduction

Arab Law Quarterly , Volume 1 (1): 1 – Jan 1, 1985
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Brill
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© 1985 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0268-0556
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1573-0255
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10.1163/157302585X00356
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INTRODUCTION It has long appeared strange to the Editors of this Quarterly that the annals of the United Kingdom reveal no similar publication; nor does history reveal any sufficient forum for the discussion of Arab law. To recall the history of relations between the cultures of the United Kingdom and those of the Arab nations is to reveal the anomaly of this situation. The romance of such names as Sadler, Palgrave, Burton, Blunt, Digby, Doughty, Bell, Lawrence, Shakespeare, Abdulla Philby, Stark, Dickson, Thomas, Thesiger ... is such as to bring a light even to the cool eye of the lawyer. English law, too, has left its mark, although, alas, more on history than on the contemporary systems of the Arab world. Yet we recall the incursions of English law and sometimes jurisdiction in Egypt and the Sudan, Palestine, Iraq, Jordan, Aden (now South Yemen); while in the States of the Arabian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (erstwhile the Trucial States) and Oman, the British Crown long exercised extraterritorial jurisdiction which came to an end as recently as 1961 (Kuwait) and 1971 (the Southern gulf). It is hoped that the anomaly thus exposed may be corrected

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Arab Law Quarterly – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1985

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