| Weight | 0.57 kg |
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| ISBN | 1845111878 |
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| Publication Date | 2008 |
| Pages | 382 |
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| Author Description | Baudouin Dupret is a tenured research fellow at the Centre National de Ia Recherche Scientific in Paris. He has written and edited numerous works, including Standing Trial: Law and Person in the Middle East (l.8.Tauris). Barbara Drieskens is a researcher at the institute Francais du Proche Orient. |
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NARRATIVES OF TRUTH IN ISLAMIC LAW
DUPRET
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In this original and thought-provoking volume, Dupret, Drieskens and Moors address the thorny issue of legal truth within the context of Muslim societies. The truth, in legal terms, is the version of ‘what happened’ that carries most authority. This book looks at how this narrative is constructed in Middle Eastern societies, and which truths are privileged over others in constructing it. In marriage courts in Egypt, for example, the truth is deemed to be a version of events that is acceptable to both parties. Looking at a range of contrasting case studies, from Shari’a courts to inquiries into police abuse, this book explores how ordinary stories are transformed into authoritative truths. The case studies are situated in the framework of wider debates about truth, law and power in the Middle East. Looking first at how legal truth has been defined throughout Islamic history, this volume goes on to consider how the law is perceived in Muslim societies. Not only are courts cases themselves analysed, but also the way in which those cases are reported. Dupret, Drieskens and Moors demonstrate that the meaning of ‘truth’, even in a strictly legal sense, is embedded into the culture in which the law operates. This book is an innovative, multidisciplinary study, which provides new insights into both Middle Eastern societies and the operation of Islamic law.
ISBN: 1845111878
Publisher: I.B.TAURIS
Subtitle: DUPRET
Author: BAUDOUIN DUPRET
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