Judging in the Islamic, Jewish and Zoroastrian legal traditions: a comparison of theory and practice
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1. Verfasser: Jany, János (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Farnham, Surrey, England Ashgate ©2012
Schriftenreihe:Cultural diversity and law
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Introduction; PART ONE: THEORY; 1 Historical Overview; 2 Legal Theory; PART TWO: PRACTICE; 3 Institutions; 4 The Judge and the Litigants; 5 The Judge and Jurisprudence; 6 The Judge and Society; 7 Conclusions: Lessons in Legal Sociology; Bibliography; Index
This book presents a comparative analysis of the judiciary in the Islamic, Jewish and Zoroastrian legal systems. It compares postulations of legal theory to legal practice in order to show that social practice can diverge significantly from religious and legal principles. It thus provides a greater understanding of the real functions of religion in these legal systems, regardless of the dogmatic positions of the religions. The judiciary is the focus of the study as it is the judge who is obliged to administer to legal texts yet at the same time to consider social realities being sometimes at v
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