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The expert witness in Islamic courts : medicine and crafts in the service of law
- Title
- The expert witness in Islamic courts : medicine and crafts in the service of law / Ron Shaham.
- Author
- Shaham, Ron.
- Publication
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
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Details
- Description
- x, 290 p.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Between a witness, a reporter, and a judge : the probative status of the expert -- The right hand of Qadis : male experts in judicial practice -- Agents of patriarchy in the secluded world of women : females as expert witnesses -- The modern period -- Continuity and reform : the Egyptian expert system in a comparative perspective -- Revealing the secrets of the body : litigants, courts, and modern medicine in Egypt -- From physiognomy to DNA testing : developments in the establishment of paternity -- Conclusion : Islamic expert witnessing in comparative perspective.
- Call Number
- JFE 10-2439
- ISBN
- 9780226749334 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0226749339 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009016703
- OCLC
- YBP 2009016703
- Author
- Shaham, Ron.
- Title
- The expert witness in Islamic courts : medicine and crafts in the service of law / Ron Shaham.
- Imprint
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 10-2439