Anthropology of Justice Law as Culture in Islamic Society

Name: Anthropology of Justice Law as Culture in Islamic Society
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ISBN: 9780521367400

ISBN-10: 0521367409

ISBN-13: 9780521367400

Edition: 1989

Authors: Lawrence Rosen

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In this first full-scale study of the operations of a modern Islamic court of law in the Arabic-speaking world, the author examines the cultural foundations of judicial discretion. He shows how the analysis of legal systems requires an understanding of the concepts and relationships encountered in everyday life. Using the Islamic courts of Morocco as its substantive base, he demonstrates how the shaping of facts in a court of law, the use of local experts, and the organization of the judicial structure all contribute to the reliance on local concepts and personnel to inform the range of judicial discretion. By drawing comparisons with Anglo-American law, the author demonstrates that in both…

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List price: $25.99
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/15/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 132
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.31" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Lawrence Rosenis the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University and the author of many books, includingBargaining for RealityandThe Culture of Islam, both published by the University of Chicago Press.



Foreword Alfred Harris


Preface



Law and culture: the appeal to analogy



Determining the indeterminable



Reason, intent, and the logic of consequence



Judicial discretion, state power, and the concept of justice


Notes


Bibliography


Index