Standing Trial: Law and People in the Modern Middle East (Islamic Mediterranean): Law and the Person in the Modern Middle East: v. 6 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1860649971 ISBN 13: 9781860649974

Publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL, 2004

Synopsis

'Standing Trial' focuses on the relationship between the law and the concept of the person in modern Arab societies. It directly addresses the questions of continuities, transformations and ruptures of such notions. Law performs a central function in revealing social and historical dynamics and in being itself a tool of its implementation. The introduction of Western-style legal systems partially led to a transposition of characteristics of centrality, individualism and secularism. 'Standing' Trial is the first truly interdisciplinary study of its subject, combining legal, historical and socio-legal perspectives. It is a highly original and important contribution to the study both of the language of law and the history of law in the Middle East. Contributors include Khaled Fahmy, Mohamed Nachi, Armando Salvatore, Oussama Arabi and Maurits Berger.

About this title

Review:

""Absolutely fascinating...the book stands to make a considerable contribution to 'mainstreaming studies' on and information about Arab law and its legal system.""--Lynn Welchman, School of Oriental and African Studies

About the Author:

Baudouin Dupret has lived in the Arab world for many years and is a Tenured Research Fellow at the CNRS, Paris.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1860649971
• ISBN 13: 9781860649974
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 394
• Editor: Dupret Baudouin