God in the courtroom : the transformation of courtroom oath and perjury between Islamic and Franco-Egyptian law /

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 le...

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Main Author: Bechor, Guy.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill. c2012.

Series: Studies in Islamic Law and Society 34.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223295.

Subjects:

Oaths > Egypt.

Oaths (Islamic law) > Egypt.

Law > Egypt > French influences.

Law > Egypt > Islamic infuences.