The Sanhuri Code, and the Emergence of Modern Arab Civil Law (1932 to 1949) (Studies in Islamic Law and Society)

The book examines the drafting of the Egyptian Civil Code of 1949, exposing its unknown sociological strata, under the leadership of Dr. 'Abd al-Razzāq al-Sanhūrī, one of the most prominent jurist to emerge to date in the Arab world.