Middle Eastern and North African Legal Traditions

Lena Salaymeh

doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.86142-5

Middle Eastern and North African Legal Traditions

Lena Salaymeh^*

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University of California at Berkeley

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Abstract

Legal systems in the modern Middle East and North Africa are both diverse and hybrid. This article provides an introductory overview that summarizes the multilayered legal history of this region and discusses how imperialism and colonialism shaped legal reform movements, codification, and the secularization of law.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	360-368
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9780080970875
ISBN (Print)	9780080970868
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.86142-5
State	Published - 26 Mar 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Arab
Civil law
Codification
Colonialism
Constitutional law
Criminal law
Family law
Imperialism
Islamic law
Law
Legal history
Legal reform
Modern nation-states
Modernity
Ottoman empire
Postcolonial states
Property
Rule-of-law
Secularization

UN SDGs

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