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

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.

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Call Number: KRM1784 .B43 2012

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • The Courtroom Oath in Islamic Law, Theory and Practice
  • Sui Generis, The Legal History of Courtroom Oath
  • The Egyptian Courtroom Oath and its Function
  • Comparative Law-Two Oaths, Two Legal Regimes
  • Perjury as Ideology: The Motif of Falsehood in the Islamic and Franco-Egyptian Oaths
  • Bibliography
  • Index.