The expert witness in Islamic courts : medicine and crafts in the service of law

Islam's tense relationship with modernity is one of the most crucial issues of our time. Within Islamic legal systems, with their traditional preference for eyewitness testimony, this struggle has played a significant role in attitudes toward expert witnesses. Utilizing a uniquely comparative a...

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Main Author: Shaham, Ron (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press , c2010
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260 |a Chicago :   |b University of Chicago Press ,   |c c2010 
300 |a x, 290 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-262) and index 
505 0 |a 1. Between a witness, a reporter, and a judge : the probative status of the expert -- 2. The right hand of Qadis : male experts in judicial practice -- 3. Agents of patriarchy in the secluded world of women : females as expert witnesses -- 4. Continuity and reform : the Egyptian expert system in a comparative perspective -- 5. Revealing the secrets of the body : litigants, courts, and modern medicine in Egypt -- 6. From physiognomy to DNA testing : developments in the establishment of paternity 
520 |a Islam's tense relationship with modernity is one of the most crucial issues of our time. Within Islamic legal systems, with their traditional preference for eyewitness testimony, this struggle has played a significant role in attitudes toward expert witnesses. Utilizing a uniquely comparative approach, this book examines the evolution of the role of such witnesses in a number of Arab countries from the premodern period to the present. It begins with a history of expert testimony in medieval Islamic culture, analyzing the different roles played by male experts, especially physicians and architects, and females, particularly midwives. From there, it focuses on the case of Egypt, tracing the country's reform of its traditional legal system along European lines beginning in the late nineteenth century. Returning to a broader perspective, the book draws on a variety of legal and historical sources to place the phenomenon of expert testimony in cultural context. A truly comprehensive resource, this book will be sought out by a broad spectrum of scholars working in history, religion, gender studies, and law 
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