Agmon, Iris.

Family & court : legal culture and modernity in late Ottoman Palestine / Family and court Iris Agmon. - 1st ed. - Syracuse, NY : Syracuse University Press, 2006. - xxiii, 264 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms . - Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-257) and index.

Entering a sociolegal arena -- Historical settings -- Family and court -- Presenting claims -- The court arena -- Documenting the family -- Negotiating versions -- Gender and family -- Attorneys and the justice of the qadi -- Reshaping solutions -- Family experiences -- Family, court, and modernity.



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Domestic relations (Islamic law)--Palestine.
Families--History.--Palestine
Social change--History--Palestine--19th century.

KMQ1054 / .A946 2006

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