Roman, Provincial and Islamic Law The Origins of the Islamic Patronate

Name: Roman, Provincial and Islamic Law The Origins of the Islamic Patronate
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ISBN: 9780521322539

ISBN-10: 0521322537

ISBN-13: 9780521322539

Edition: 1987

Authors: Patricia Crone

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This book examines the cultural origins of Islamic law. Some authorities stress the importance of the contribution of Roman law; others that of Arabian law. Most are agreed that Jewish law contributed, but not explained further. Dr Crone tests the Roman hypothesis with reference to one institution, the patronate, which does indeed appear to owe something to Roman law. He concludes that Roman law contributed only in so far as it was part and parcel of the rather different legal practice of the Near Eastern provinces, and that provincial law would repay further consideration by legal historians.

Book details

List price: $59.95
Copyright year: 1987
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/21/1987
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English

Patricia Crone is Mellon Professor of Islamic History at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. She is author of several books including Pre-industrial Societies: Anatomy of the Pre-modern World; Roman, Provincial, and Islamic Law; Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam;and Slaves on Horses: the Evolution of Islamic Polity.



Preface



The state of the field



A practical guide to the study of Islamic law



The Islamic patronate



The case against Arabia



The case against the non-Roman Near East: paramone



The case for the Roman Near East



Conclusion


Appendices


Notes


Index