The Santillana Codes

The Santillana Codes
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Publisher : Lexington Books
Total Pages : 201
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ISBN-13 : 9781498561761
ISBN-10 : 1498561764
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Book Synopsis The Santillana Codes by : Dan E. Stigall

Download or read book The Santillana Codes written by Dan E. Stigall and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the Santillana Codes, legal instruments which form a distinct class of uniquely African civil code and are still in force today in a legal arc that extends from the Maghreb to the Sahel. Stigall presents the history of Santillana’s seminal legislative effort and provides a comparative analysis of the substance of those codes, illuminating commonalities between Islamic law and European legal systems.


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