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Author:   Maaike van Berkel ,  Leon Buskens ,  Petra M. Sijpesteijn
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   42
Weight:   0.656kg
ISBN:  

9789004343726

ISBN 10:   9004343725
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   21 June 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction, Maaike van Berkel, Leon Buskens and Petra M. Sijpesteijn Notes on Contributors Bibliography Rudolph Peters Rudolph Peters and the History of Modern Egyptian Law, Khaled Fahmy I. REGIME CHANGE AND LEGAL INSTITUTIONS The Qadis' Justice according to Papyrological Sources (Seventh-Tenth Centuries C.E.), Mathieu Tillier Delegation of Judicial Power in Abbasid Egypt, Petra M. Sijpesteijn The Mahdi's Legal Opinion as an Instrument of Reform: Issues in Divorce, Inheritance, False Accusation of Unlawful Intercourse and Homicide, Aharon Layish II. PRACTICES OF RECORDING AND VERIFYING Identifying the Ê¿udul in Fifteenth-Century Granada, Sergio Carro Martin and Amalia Zomeno Crimes without Criminals? Legal Documents on Fourteenth-Century Injury and Homicide Cases from the Haram Collection in Jerusalem, Christian Muller From Trash to Treasure: Ethnographic Notes on Collecting Legal Documents in Morocco, Leon Buskens Notes for a Local History of Falsehood, Brinkley Messick III. DAILY LIFE Waqf Documents on the Provision of Water in Mamluk Egypt, Maaike van Berkel Ottoman aman: Western Ownership of Real Estate and the Politics of Law Prior to the Land Code of 1876, Maurits H. van den Boogert A Comparative Study of Contract Documents: Ottoman Syria, Qajar Iran, Central Asia, Qing China and Tokugawa Japan, Toru Miura

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Maaike van Berkel is professor of Medieval History at Radboud University. Her research focuses on the social and cultural history of medieval Muslim societies, with a particular interest in literacy, court culture and urban organization. Leon Buskens holds a chair for Law and Culture in Muslim societies at Leiden University and is director of the Netherlands Institute in Morocco. His research focuses on Islamic law and society, and the anthropology of Muslim societies, with a particular interest in Morocco and Indonesia. Petra Sijpesteijn is professor of Arabic at Leiden University. Her research concentrates on recovering the experience of Muslims and non-Muslims living under Islamic rule, using the vast stores of radically under-used documents surviving from the early Islamic world.

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