God in the Courtroom

The Transformation of Courtroom Oath and Perjury Between Islamic and Franco-Egyptian Law
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-90-04-20974-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Multiple languages, Band 34, 412 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 836 g

Reihe: Studies in Islamic Law and Society

This volume compares the courtroom oaths of both Islamic and modern Egyptian legal systems, blending elements of legal history, comparative law, theology, philosophy and culture. Until now, academic research has paid little attention to the subject of the courtroom oath in the Islamic or Egyptian legal systems. As such, it might appear as if modern legislation in the Arab world on this subject forms the natural continuation of Islamic law, or that there are no significant differences between these two legal approaches. This unique study seeks to rectify this impression by examining the institution of the courtroom oath on the basis of three criteria: Islamic law, which discusses the oath in the context of the judicial proceeding, including debate between different schools and interpreters; the sources and approach of Arab law on this subject; and, lastly, the core of this book - a detailed legal comparison between the Islamic oath and the Arab oath. In itself, this is a study in legal history examining the origins, character, sources,and doctrines of the oath in Arab law and at the same time, it is a comparative study of Islamic and contemporary Arab law in this field.

Zielgruppe

All interested in Islamic law, Arab law, Egyptian law, comparative law, legal history, institutes, academic libraries, specialists of civil law systems, lawyers, postgraduate students, historians of the Middle East.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bechor, Guy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Islamisches Recht
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamisches Recht

Über Autor(innen)

Bechor, Guy
Guy Bechor, LL.B. MA, Ph.D, is the head of the Middle Eastern Studies Division, Lauder School of Government, Strategy and Diplomacy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel, and a visiting fellow at the School of Law, the Islamic Legal Studies Program, Harvard University. He is the author of The Sanhuri Code, and the Emergence of Modern Arab Civil Law (1932 to 1949) (Brill, 2007).