Applied family law in Islamic courts: shari'a courts in Gaza

"[This] book investigates the socio-legal aspects of Islamic jurisprudence in Gaza-Palestine. It examines the way judges, lawyers and litigants operate with respect to the law and with each other, particularly given their different positions in the power structure within the court and within so...

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Main Author: Shehada, Nahda Younis (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2018
Series:Islamic law in context
Islamic law in context
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:"[This] book investigates the socio-legal aspects of Islamic jurisprudence in Gaza-Palestine. It examines the way judges, lawyers and litigants operate with respect to the law and with each other, particularly given their different positions in the power structure within the court and within society at large. The book aims at elucidating ambivalences in the codified statutes that allow the actors to find practical solutions to their (often) legally unresolved problems and to manipulate the law. The book demonstrates that present-day judges are not only confronted with novel questions they have to find an answer to, but, perhaps more importantly, they are confronted with contradictions between the letter of codified law and their own notions of justice. The author reminds us that these notions of justice should not be set a priori; they are socially constructed in particular time and space."--
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 195 pages)
ISBN:9781351586382
1351586386
9781351586399
1351586394
9781351586375
1351586378
9781315100531
1315100533

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