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Aharon Layish

Aharon Layish , Ph.D. (1973), is Professor Emeritus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published extensively on modern Islamic law, Muslim and Druze family law and waqf , tribal customary law. Recent publications are Shar+�a and Custom in Libyan Tribal Society. An Annotated Translation of Decisions from the Shar+'a Courts of Ajdbiya and Kufra , Leiden, 2005; Legal Documents from the Judean Desert. The Impact of the Shar+'a on Bedouin Customary Law , Leiden, 2011.