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PRÁVNĚHISTORICKÉ STUDIE, Vol 44 No 1 (2014), 112–133
Kodifikace soukromého práva v Egyptě – Sanhúrího kodex a jeho význam pro arabské země
[The Codification of Civil Law in Egypt – Sanhuri Civil Code and Its Importance for Arab Countries]
Lenka Bezoušková
published online: 25. 02. 2015
abstract
This article deals with one of the modern civil codes in Arab countries, namely with Sanhuri civil code of 1948. It outlines previous legal regulations in metters of civil law, the court system in Egypt since the 19th century, highlights the background of the passing the code and pays attention to the one of the most influential Arab scholars and lawyers of the 20th century, Sanhuri, who was the leading professor of the civil and comparative law during preparation the draft of the code. Consequently is presented the area of regulations in the code aswell. Sanhuri attempted to achieve modernisation of (egyptian) law through the new approach to Islamic law and borrowing from other legal orders. One of the questions is whether the code was and still is enough Islamic? This question was raised by some scholars. Reason for it was especially the regulation of interest, hazard, contract of insurance in the code which is from the point of Islamic law problematic. Despite of beeing criticised from some scholars for alleged conflict with Islamic law, the Sanhuri civil code remain one the most influential codifications in the Arab world due to its reception by many Arab countries and his more than twelve thousand pages lenght commentary as well.
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