Islamic Law in Saudi Arabia

Krell, Dominik

doi:10.1163/9789004726314

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Krell, Dominik

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Max Planck Society (MPG)

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English

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Abstract

This book provides an in-depth exploration of the Saudi judiciary in the 21st century. Drawing on interviews with leading members of the Saudi judiciary, seldom-seen legal literature and court judgments, the author addresses two main questions: First, what is the Saudi jurists’ understanding of an Islamic judiciary? And second, how is this understanding reflected in the Saudi legal system, its laws, its institutions, and court practices?

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https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/158722

Keywords

Ibn Baz; Ibn Taymiyya; Ibn al-Qayyim; Judicial Precedent; Muhammad bin Ibrahim; Muhammad bin Salman; Saudi legal system; Sharia law; basic law of governance; codification; comparative law; divorce in islam; fiqh; ijtihad; islamic constitutional law; islamic criminal law; islamic family law; islamic jurisprudence; legal anthropology; legal reform; mujtahid; religious law; salafism; sharia courts; siyasa; ulama; wahhabism; ʿulamāʾ