The Relationship between Bedouin and Islamic Law in Social and Historical Context: Concept, Institutions and Practice.

The relationship of the Bedouin to the Islamic Law in social and historical context: legal concepts, institutions and practice My dissertation project deals with the legal norms and practices of the Arab Bedouins in the first half of the 20th in the Middle East (Jordan, Palestine, Sinai, Libyan Desert of Egypt and Cordovan in Sudan). The project focuses on legal praxis and similarities and differences concerning procedural legal aspects and legal norms observed by the Bedouins (especially in according to Criminal Law). The project also looks at the influences of sedentarization on the transformation of Bedouin Law within the context of the legal pluralism debate (customary law versus religious law). It is predicted that an analysis of the historical development of some sanctions will contribute to the understanding of the role of customary law in the formation and development of Islamic law.