Jewish and Islamic law: a comparative analysis

Authors

  • Igor Yu. Kozlikhin the Department of Theory and History of State and Law, St Petersburg State University, Deserved Master of Science of the Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg State University, 199034, Russia, St. Petersburg, Universitetskaya nab. 7–9
  • Valerii V. Pugachev Legal Department of Leningrad Regional Division of the North-Western Main Branch of the Central Bank of Russian Federation, 195273, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Shafirovsky prospect, 4

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu14.2017.201

Abstract

The present article is an attempt at examining the major distinctive features of Jewish and Islamic religious legal systems with special emphasis being placed on the peculiarities of sources of law and court procedures. The authors apply the method of comparative legal analysis in order to demonstrate the possible role of Jewish and Islamic law in the genesis of law. Refs 9.

Keywords:

Jewish law, Islamic law, genesis of law, Halacha, Haggadah, Shari‘ah, fiqh

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Вестник Санкт-Петербургского университета. Право

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Published

2017-06-15

How to Cite

Kozlikhin, I. Y., & Pugachev, V. V. (2017). Jewish and Islamic law: a comparative analysis. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Law, 8(2), 129–135. https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu14.2017.201

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Theory and History of Law and State

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