| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 303 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Studies in islamic law and society ; volume 42 |
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Studies in Islamic law and society ; v. 42.
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| Contents |
List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Bibliography of Rudolph Peters; Introduction; Chapter 1 Rudolph Peters and the History of Modern Egyptian Law; Part 1 Regime Change and Legal Institutions; Chapter 2 The Qadis' Justice according to Papyrological Sources (Seventh-Tenth Centuries CE); Chapter 3 Delegation of Judicial Power in Abbasid Egypt; Chapter 4 The Mahdi's Legal Opinion as an Instrument of Reform; Part 2 Practices of Recording and Verifying; Chapter 5 Identifying the ʿudūl in Fifteenth-Century Granada; Chapter 6 Crimes without Criminals? |
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Chapter 7 From Trash to TreasureChapter 8 Notes for a Local History of Falsehood; Part 3 Daily Life; Chapter 9 Waqf Documents on the Provision of Water in Mamluk Egypt; Chapter 10 Ottoman Amān; Chapter 11 A Comparative Study of Contract Documents; Index |
| Summary |
This volume is a tribute to the work of legal and social historian and Arabist Rudolph Peters (University of Amsterdam). Presenting case studies from different periods and areas of the Muslim world, the book examines the use of legal documents for the study of the history of Muslim societies. From examinations of the conceptual status of legal documents to comparative studies of the development of legal formulae and the socio-economic or political historical information documents contain, the aim is to approach legal documents as specialised texts belonging to a specific social domain, while simultaneously connecting them to other historical sources. It discusses the daily functioning of legal institutions, the reflections of regime changes on legal documentation, daily life, and the materiality of legal documents. Contributors are Maaike van Berkel, Maurits H. van den Boogert, Léon Buskens, Khaled Fahmy, Aharon Layish, Sergio Carro Martín, Brinkley Messick, Toru Miura, Christian Müller, Petra M. Sijpesteijn, Mathieu Tillier, and Amalia Zomeño |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 06, 2023) |
| Subject |
Legal documents (Islamic law)
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Islamic law -- History
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Law -- Islamic countries -- History
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Sociological jurisprudence.
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HISTORY -- World.
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Islamic law
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Law
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Legal documents (Islamic law)
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Sociological jurisprudence
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Islamic countries
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Peters, Rudolph, honouree.
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Berkel, Maaike van, editor.
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Buskens, Léon, 1962- editor.
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Sijpesteijn, Petra, editor.
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| LC no. |
2017022712 |
| ISBN |
9789004343733 |
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9004343733 |
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