The normalization of Saudi law / Chibli Mallat.

"At the turn of the 20th century, a minor principality with a kingly ambition emerged from the victorious occupation of the strategic town of Riyadh by a small group of warriors led by a young man, 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn 'Abd al-Rahman Al Faysal Al Sa'ud. In the qualification of...

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Main Author: Mallat, Chibli (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The epiphany of Saudi Law
  • Blackletter Law : a primer on courts, format, evidence, sources
  • Civil law I. Contracts
  • Civil law II. Torts
  • Criminal law I. Procedure and hadd
  • Criminal law II. Ta'zir and 'everything else'
  • Family law. The Saudi Hanbali exception
  • Real property
  • Diwan al-mazalem : a court for all seasons
  • From Diwan al-mazalem to commercial courts : a unified theory of remedies
  • Companies and corporate governance
  • Insolvency, bankruptcy, the stock market
  • Constitutional law
  • Human rights
  • Epilogue.