02952cmm a2200373 4500 214802138 TxAuBib 20120507120000.0 090806s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781441615886 electronic bk. 1441615881 electronic bk. 9780857715043 0857715046 (OCoLC)429534128 N$T eng N$T OCLCQ IDEBK E7B EBLCP OCLCQ TxAuBib Narratives of truth in Islamic law [electronic resource] / edited by Baudouin Dupret, Barbara Drieskens, Annelies Moors. London : I.B. Tauris, 2008. 1 online resource (382 p.) Library of Islamic law ; 2, 2, 5, 5 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. The stories in the fatwas and the fatwas in history / A. Zomeño -- Legal narratives from Shari'a courts / B. Messick -- The violent schoolmaster : the 'normalisation' of the dossier of a nineteenth century Egyptian legal case / R. Peters -- Registering a token dower : the multiple meanings of a legal practice / A. Moors -- Publicizing propriety, "telling the truth" : extra-court constructions of legal stories in Mali / D. Schultz -- The saint, the sheikh and the adulteress : letters from the heart addressed to Imam al-Shafi'i in Cairo / E. Adly -- Tales according to the book : professional witnesses ('udul) as cultural brokers in Morocco / L. Buskens -- What to do with Djinns stories about law? / B. Drieskens -- Trying times in Tunis : notes from a purposeful observer / L. Welchman -- The insane shepherd-who-writes : is he competent to stand trial? / Z. Ghazzal -- The judicial construction of the facts and the law : the Egyptian supreme constitutional court and the constitutionality of the law on the khul' / N. Bernard-Maugiron -- Investigating and prosecuting police abuse in Egypt / A. Wuerth -- The categories of morality : homosexuality between perversion and debauchery / B. Dupret. The truth, in legal terms, is the version of "what happened" which carries most authority. This original and thought-provoking book looks at how this narrative is constructed in Muslim societies, and which truths are privileged over others in constructing it. Looking at a range of contrasting case studies, from Sharia courts to inquiries into police abuse, this book explores how ordinary stories are transformed into authoritative truths. Truth Religious aspects Islam. Islamic law Case studies. Religion Islam Law. Islam. Wahrheit. Muslim societies. Electronic books. Dupret, Baudouin. Moors, Annelies. Drieskens, Barbara. Library of Islamic law ; 2, 2, 5, 5. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=253099 EBSCOhost