- Author(s): Asaf A.A. Fyzee
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Edition: 5 Ed 2008
- ISBN 10 0198063601
- ISBN 13 9780198063605
- Approx. Pages 414 + Contents
- Format Paperback
- Approx. Product Size 21 x 14 cms
- Delivery Time Normally 7-9 working days
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Description
The latest edition of a classic work highlights more than three decades of developments in Muslim law without disturbing the framework and intellectual edesign of the original book. While remaining primarily an examination of law in India, it also includes references to the legal position in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Muslim countries in West Asia and Africa. This volume will be indispensable for law professional as well as students and scholars of Muslim law, family law, legal history, jurisprudence, sociology, and gender studies.
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Contents
Introduction
1. Application and Interpretation
2. Marriage
3. Dower
4. Dissolution of Marriage
5. Parentage and Legitimacy
6. Guardianship
7. Maintenance
8. Gifts
9. Law of Wakfs
10. Pre-emption
11. Wills and Death-bed Gifts
12. Administration of Estates
13. Sunni Law of Inheritance
14. Shia Law of Inheritance
Appendix I: Tables & Diagrams from the Fourth Edition
Appendix II: Texts of Indian Statutes
Glossary & Transliteration of Terms
Bibliography
Statute Index
Case Index
Subject Index
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