TY - JOUR
AU - Liebesny, Herbert J.
AB - HERBERT J. LIEBESNY Religious Law and Westernization in the Moslem Near East ITH TH E VV EXPANSION OF AMERICAN political and economic interests in the Near East, particularly since World War II, the law of the states in that area has acquired practical significance for the American lawyer. Questions of local law are involved in oil concessions, as well as other contracts concluded by American firms with Near Eastern governments and private interests. Moreover, the increasing number of Americans in the states of the Near East has brought with it many other practical legal problems ranging from marriage and divorce to such questions as the law applicable to claims arising from injuries sustained by Americans while in the employ of American firms in the area. This article will attempt to present a brief sketch of the background and development of the law of the states of the Near East with special emphasis on the law of the Arab states, to serve as a basis for the understanding and evaluation of the present-day law of these states. This law is an intricate fabric composed of parts whose origin, history, and philosophical background is entirely dissimilar. Its most important component parts 
TI - Religious Law and Westernization in the Moslem Near East
JO - American Journal of Comparative Law
DO - 10.2307/838098
DA - 1953-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/religious-law-and-westernization-in-the-moslem-near-east-atBc14TWPh
SP - 492
EP - 504
VL - 2
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -