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Title

Central Asian law : an [sic] historical overview : a Festschrift for the ninetieth birthday of Herbert Franke / edited by Wallace Johnson, Irina A. Popova.

Author

Law in Central Asia (2003 : Leiden, Netherlands)

Publication

Lawrence, Ks : Society for Asian Legal History, the Hall Center for the Humanities, the University of Kansas, 2004.

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Additional Authors

• Johnson, Wallace (Wallace Stephen), 1932-2007.
• Popova, I. F. (Irina Fedorovna)
• International Institute for Asian Studies.

Description

xv, 318 pages : portrait; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Monograph series / Society for Asian Legal History ; no. 1

Uniform Title

Monograph series (Society for Asian Legal History) ; no. 1.

Alternative Title

• Festschrift for the ninetieth birthday of Herbert Franke
• Law in Central Asia

Subjects

• Asia, Central
• Franke, Herbert, 1914-2011
• Law > Asia
• Customary law > Asia
• Asia
• Law > Asia, Central
• Customary law > Asia, Central

Note

• Papers presented at a conference entitled "Law in Central Asia : an Historical Overview", held October 13-17, 2003 in Leiden, The Netherlands, with the support of the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) of the University of Leiden.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-310) and index.

Contents

Some reflections on multinationality : the example of former empires in East Asia / Herbert Franke -- Customary law in the ancient Turkic states of Central Asia / S.G. Klyashtornyi -- The administrative and legal regulations of the Tang emperors for the frontier territories / Irina F. Popova -- Muslim law in Central Asia / Ashirbek Muminov -- Eighteen steppe laws : a source for the study of medieval Mongolian / Alexei Nasilov -- Customary law in Waigal Valley, Eastern Afghanistan / Schuyler Jones -- Disputes over land-use in Qing Outer Mongolia / Veronika Veit -- Communist and post-Communist Mongolian law and pasture land / Morris Rossabi -- Some characteristics of penal legislation among the Mongols / Françoise Aubin -- From colonization to Bolshevization : some political and legislative aspects of molding a "Soviet Islam" in Central Asia / Bakhtiyar M. Badadjanov -- Law and custom among the Uyghur in Xinjiang / Ildikó Bellér-Hann -- Constitutional regimes and clan politics in Central Asia / Janna Khegai -- Islam and universalism in family law : a comparative study of the contemporary Iranian and Turkish civil codes / Hisae Nakanishi -- Public discussion on the 'state of law' and contemporary political regimes in Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus / Irina Morozova -- Parliamentary law-making in Central Asia / Claire Weber.

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• ocm57314578
• SCSB-8884253

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