Santillana Codes: The Civil Codes of Tunisia, Morocco, and Mauritania

By Dan E Stigall and Dan E. Stigall

This book examines the Santillana Codes, legal instruments which form a distinct class of uniquely African civil codes and which 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498561756
• ISBN13: 9781498561754
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"