The long divergence how Islamic law held back the Middle East
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton (New Jersey) :
Princeton University Press
2011
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991008490169708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The puzzle of the Middle East's economic underdevelopment
- Analyzing the economic role of Islam
- Commercial life under Islamic rule
- The persistant simplicity of Islamic partnerships
- Drawbacks of the Islamic inheritance system
- The absence of the corporation in Islamic law
- Barriers to the emergence of a Middle Eastern business corporation
- Credit markets without banks
- The Islamization of non-Muslim economic life
- The ascent of the Middle East's religious minorities
- Origins and fiscal impact of the capitulations
- Foreign privileges as facilitators of impersonal exchange
- The absence of Middle Eastern consuls
- Did Islam inhibit economic development?
