Law, Personalities, and Politics of the Middle East

This book is a tribute to Majid Khadduri and focuses on the three principal fields of his own work: Islamic and international law; ideas and personalities in the Arab world; and politics and diplomacy in the Middle East.

Preface -- Contributors -- I. INTRODUCTION -- 1. The Life and Work of Majid Khadduri by James Piscatori -- 2. Curriculum Vitae and Bibliography of Majid Khadduri -- II. ISLAMIC AND INTERNATIONAL LAW -- 3. Islamic Law and the Challenge of Modem Times by Gamal Moursi Badr -- 4. The Legal Status of Jerusalem by Henry Cattan -- 5. Saudi Arabia, Culture Change, and the International Legal Order by James Piscatori -- III. IDEAS AND PERSONALITIES IN THE ARAB WORLD -- 6. Ameen Rihani and the Hijaz-Najd Conflict: An Abortive Peace Mission by Hermann Frederick Eilts -- 7. Arab Nationalism and the Idealist Politician: The Career of Sulayman al-Baruni by f. E. Peterson -- 8. The Intellectual Origins and Ideas of the Ahali Group by Mudhafar Amin and Edmund Ghareeb -- IV. POLITICS AND DIPLOMACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- 9. The Communist Movements in the Arab World by Tareq Y. Ismael -- 10. The Gilan Soviet Revolution, 1920-1921 by GeorgeS. Harris -- 11. The 1820 Expedition to the Gulf and the Decline of British Commercial Shipping by Stephen R. Grumman -- INDEX -- ALSO FROM THE MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE.