The expert witness in Islamic courts

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"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, Ron Shaham here examines the evolution of the role of such witnesses in a number of Arab countries from the premodern period to the present. A truly comprehensive resource, The Expert Witness in Islamic Courts will be sought out by a broad spectrum of scholars working in history, religion, gender studies, and law."--Jacket.

subjects: DNA fingerprinting (Islamic law),  Expert Evidence,  Medical jurisprudence (Islamic law),  Evidence (Islamic law),  Islamic Courts,  Ärztliches Gutachten,  Recht,  Jurisprudence,  Medizinisches Gutachten,  Gen-Kartographie,  Zeuge,  Islamisches Recht,  Witnesses (Islamic law),  Expert Testimony,  Zeugenbeweis,  Islam,  DNA Fingerprinting,  Medical jurisprudence,  Islamic law,  Evidence, expert,  Courts