The Santillana Codes

The Civil Codes of Tunisia, Morocco, and Mauritania

• Author(s): Dan E. Stigall,
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Pages: 200
• ISBN_10: 1498561764
  ISBN_13: 9781498561761
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / World / African , Law / International , Law / Islamic , Law / Comparative , Political Science / International Relations / General ,

Description:... 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.