Legal documents as sources for the history of Muslim societies : studies in honour of Rudolph Peters / edited by Maaike van Berkel, Léon Buskens, Petra M. Sijpesteijn [ Livre]
Uniform Conventional Heading: Mélanges : Peters / RudolphLanguage: anglais.Publication: Leiden, Boston : Brill, Cop 2017.Description: 1 volume de XXVIII-303 pages : Illustré en noir et en couleurs, fac-sim, couverture illustrée en couleurs ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9789004343726; 9004343725.Series: Studies in Islamic Law and Society, 1384-1130, volume 42Dewey: 909/.097670072, 23Classification: Contents note: Contient des documents édités en arabe Abstract: This volume is a tribute to the work of legal and social historian and Arabist Rudolph Peters (University of Amsterdam). Presenting case studies from different periods and areas of the Muslim world, the book examines the use of legal documents for the study of the history of Muslim societies. From examinations of the conceptual status of legal documents to comparative studies of the development of legal formulae and the socio-economic or political historical information documents contain, the aim is to approach legal documents as specialised texts belonging to a specific social domain, while simultaneously connecting them to other historical sources. It discusses the daily functioning of legal institutions, the reflections of regime changes on legal documentation, daily life, and the materiality of legal documents.Subject - Personal Name: Peters Rudolph 1943- -- Mélanges et hommages Subject - Topical Name: Actes juridiques (droit islamique) -- Pays islamiques -- Mélanges et hommages | Droit islamique -- Pays islamiques -- Mélanges et hommages | Droit -- Pays islamiques -- Histoire -- Mélanges et hommages | Legal documents (Islamic law) | Islamic law -- History | Law -- Islamic countries -- History | Sociological jurisprudence Subject - Geographical Name: Empire islamique -- Histoire -- Sources -- Mélanges et hommages| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due |
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Bibliographie de Rudolph Peters : pages [XII]-XXVIII. Bibliographie en fin de chapitres
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Contient des documents édités en arabe
This volume is a tribute to the work of legal and social historian and Arabist Rudolph Peters (University of Amsterdam). Presenting case studies from different periods and areas of the Muslim world, the book examines the use of legal documents for the study of the history of Muslim societies. From examinations of the conceptual status of legal documents to comparative studies of the development of legal formulae and the socio-economic or political historical information documents contain, the aim is to approach legal documents as specialised texts belonging to a specific social domain, while simultaneously connecting them to other historical sources. It discusses the daily functioning of legal institutions, the reflections of regime changes on legal documentation, daily life, and the materiality of legal documents
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