Family and Court - Legal Culture and Modernity in Late Ottoman Palestine (Hardcover)

This book challenges prevailing assumptions about family, courts of law, and the nature of modernity in Muslim societies against the backdrop of Haifa and Jaffa during ""the long nineteenth century"". The popular image of the family and the court of law in Muslim societies is one of traditional, unchanging social frameworks. Iris Agmon suggests an entirely different view, grounded in a detailed study of nineteenth-century Ottoman court records from the flourishing Palestinian port cities of Haifa and Jaffa. She depicts the Sharia Muslim court of law as a dynamic institution, capable of adapting to rapid and profound social changes - indeed, of playing an active role in generating these changes. Court and family interact and transform themselves, each other, and the society of which they form part. Agmon's book is a significant contribution to scholarship on both family history and legal culture in the social history of the Middle East.

General

Imprint:	Syracuse University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms
Release date:	2006
First published:	April 2006
Authors:	Iris Agmon
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-0-8156-3062-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Foundations of law > General Books > History > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8156-3062-X
Barcode:	9780815630623

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