The development of Islamic law and society in the Maghrib : Qadis, Muftis and family law / David Stephan Powers

Features the essays that treat the application of Islamic law in qadi courts in the Maghrib in the period between 1100 and 1500 CE. Based on preserved legal documents and the expert opinions of Muslim jurists (Muftis), this title examines family law cases involving legal minority, guardianship, divorce, inheritance, bequests, and endowments.

Legal consultation (futya) in medieval Spain and North Africa --On judicial review in Islamic law --Parents and their minor children : familial politics in the middle Maghrib in the eighth/fourteenth century --From the Mi'yar of al-Wansharisito the New Mi'yar of al-Wazzani : continuity and change (with Etty Terem) --Women and divorce in the Islamic West : three cases --Four cases relating to women and divorce in al-Andalus and the Maghrib, 1100-1500 --The Islamic inheritance system : a socio-historical approach --Law and custom in the Maghrib, 1475-1500 : on the disinheritance of women --The Maliki family endowment : legal norms and social practices --A court case from fourteenth-century North Africa --Fatwas as sources for legal and social history : a dispute over endowment revenues from fourteenth-century Fez --Orientalism, colonialism, and legal history : the attack on Muslim family endowments in Algeria and India.