Arabic-L:LIT:JAIS: call for contributions; new article

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Date: 14 Mar 2003
From: "Joseph N. Bell" <joseph.bell at msk.uib.no>
Subject:JAIS: call for contributions; new article

The Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies invites contributions for
volume 5 (2003).

After a long silence, owing to some extent to formatting and other
uncertainties as a result of our new relationship with Edinburgh
University Press, we are able post the pre-publication version of the
final article of volume 3 (2000), author, title, and abstract below.
Many authors have had to wait or are still waiting to see their
material appear. We will correct this in the near future, when the
first articles of volume 4 (2001-2002) will be posted. By the agreement
with EUP, articles and monographs of the Journal will be published
fully formatted on paper, but a minimally formatted version of all
material will still remain free on the Internet (with references to the
pagination of the printed version). Fully formatted pre-publication
versions of articles will be posted on the Internet for a brief period,
but these will contain a light watermark, and the Journal cannot
guarantee that the final pagination in the printed version will be the
same.

Regards,

Joseph Bell

  Agostino Cilardo. Some Peculiarities of the Law of Inheritance: The
Formation of Imami and Ismaili Law. (Adobe Acrobat 5.0 PDF file, 122
kB, pp. 126-37). HTML version to be posted later.

Abstract: The question of the caliphate or imamate and similarly that
of the mut'a marriage (Imamis) are generally seen as the deepest
differences distinguishing Shi'i law systems from those of the
remaining law schools. Inheritance law, however, reveals an additional
range of Shi'i idiosyncrasies: the division of heirs by kin into
classes, certain privileges of the eldest son, and certain
disadvantages of wives with respect to some goods in their husband's
estates. From a historical point of view, the analysis of these cases
leads to some innovative conclusions about the origin and development
of Imami and Isma'ili doctrine, the influence of political elements on
the law system, the question of the authenticity of the Zaydi Majmu'
al-fiqh, and the dominance of practical considerations over strict
legal rules.agreements.


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