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.