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Subhi Mahmassani 🇱🇧

صبحي المحمصاني (Known as "Mahmassani")
Eminent Jurist, Legal Scholar, Cabinet Minister, Law Professor
Born 1909 🇱🇧 Beirut, Lebanon
Passed Away 10 September 1986 Beirut, Lebanon
Lifespan 77 years old
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"The law is a living organism; it must adapt to the needs of society, or it ceases to serve the cause of justice."

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Preeminent Lebanese legal philosopher and judge whose 'Philosophy of Jurisprudence in Islam' became the standard international comparative law text.

Biographical Record

Subhi Rajab Mahmassani was born in Beirut and earned his law degree from the University of Lyon and a doctorate in law from the University of London. Returning to Lebanon, he served as judge of the Court of Appeal, president of the Bar Association, member of parliament, and Minister of National Economy.

Mahmassani was one of the foremost comparative legal scholars of the modern Arab world. His masterpiece, Falsafat al-Tashri' fi al-Islam (The Philosophy of Jurisprudence in Islam), translated into English, Persian, and Urdu, analyzed the adaptive, rational, and evolutionary foundations of Islamic law, advocating progressive legal codification grounded in human welfare (maslaha).

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Final Resting Place

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Bashoura Cemetery
Beirut, Lebanon
GPS: 33.8900, 35.5000
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