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1 A Symposium on Muslim Law: Lectures Held at the Washington Foreign Law Society [i] (1953)

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            A SYMPOSIUM ON

                 MUSLIM LAW





                         CONTENTS

PART I
  Foreword ....................................... Newell W. Ellison         I
  Nature and Source of Islamic Law     ................... Majid Khadduri       3
  Marriage, Divorce and Inheritance in Islamic Law        .................
  ............................................... M    ahmoud   H oballah    24
  Principles of the Islamic Law on Contracts ..........................
    ..............................................A     bdul  Jalil  ar-Rawi   32

PART II
  Impact of Western Law in the Countries of the Near East ..........
    .............................................. H    erbert  J.  Liebesny  127
  The Practical Application of the Law in Certain Arab States ........
  ........................................... Theodore E. Mogannam          142
  Legal Position of Foreigners and Foreign Enterprise in Egypt .......
    ........................................... Abdel Shaft El Labban         156
  Application of Hanbalite and Decree Law to Foreigners in Saudi Arabia
  ................................................... Parker     T. H  art  165

  The New Civil Code of Iraq ...................... Zuhair E. Jwaideh         176




                         Lectures held at

     THE WASHINGTON FOREIGN LAW SOCIETY


                         Reprinted from

      THE GEORGE WASHINGTON LAW REVIEW

                     WASHINGTON, D. C., 1953