Islamic Family Law (Arab and Islamic Laws Series)

Series General Editor

Dr. Mark S. W. Hoyle

Titles in the Series The Islamic Law ~f Personal Status, (2nd ed.), Jamal J. Nasir (ISBN 1-85333-280-1) The Status ~f Women under Islamic Law, Jamal J. Nasir (ISBN 1-85333-281-X) Mixed Couns of Egypt, Mark S. W, Hoyle (ISBN 1-85333-321-2) The Theory of Contracts in Islamic Laws, S. E. Rayner (ISBN 1-85333-617-3) The Marriage Contract in (ISBN 1-85333-719-6)

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Law, Dawoud S. EI Alami

Unlawful Gain and Legitimate Profit in Islamic Law, (2nd ed.), Nabil A. Saleh (ISBN 1-85333-721-8) Fonhcoming Titles Formation ofContracr: A Comparative Study under English, French, Islamic and Iranian Law, P. Owsia (ISBN 1-85333-263-1) (Please order by ISBN or title)

Arab and Islamic Laws Series

ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW Edited by

Chibli Mallat &

Jane Connors

with a foreword by

Antony Allott

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Centre of Islamic & Milldlc East Law (CIMEL). School of Oriental & African Studies. 1990 ;irst published 1990 teprinted 1993 I

>roceedings of B conference convened by the Centre of Islamic and Middle East Law, the Centre of and Middle Eastern Studies and the Law Department of the School of Oriental and African ;tudies. University of London, in May 1989. ~eBr

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