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The expert witness in Islamic courts [electronic resource] : medicine and crafts in the service of law / Ron Shaham.

By: Publication details: Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (x, 290 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780226749358 (electronic bk.)
  • 0226749355 (electronic bk.)
Other title:
  • Medicince and crafts in the service of law
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Expert witness in Islamic courts.DDC classification:
  • 340.5/9 22
LOC classification:
  • KBP4700 .S42 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Between a witness, a reporter, and a judge : the probative status of the expert -- The right hand of Qadis : male experts in judicial practice -- Agents of patriarchy in the secluded world of women : females as expert witnesses -- The modern period -- Continuity and reform : the Egyptian expert system in a comparative perspective -- Revealing the secrets of the body : litigants, courts, and modern medicine in Egypt -- From physiognomy to DNA testing : developments in the establishment of paternity -- Conclusion : Islamic expert witnessing in comparative perspective.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-262) and index.

Between a witness, a reporter, and a judge : the probative status of the expert -- The right hand of Qadis : male experts in judicial practice -- Agents of patriarchy in the secluded world of women : females as expert witnesses -- The modern period -- Continuity and reform : the Egyptian expert system in a comparative perspective -- Revealing the secrets of the body : litigants, courts, and modern medicine in Egypt -- From physiognomy to DNA testing : developments in the establishment of paternity -- Conclusion : Islamic expert witnessing in comparative perspective.

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