The studies in this volume use ethnographic, ethnomethodological, and sociolinguistic research to demonstrate how legal agents conduct their practices and exercise their authority in relation to non-expert participants and broader publics. Instead of treating law as a body of do…
Présentation de l'éditeur : "Understanding legal rules not as determinants of behavior but as points of reference for conduct, this volume considers the ways in which rules are invoked, referred to, interpreted, put forward or blurred. It also asks how both legal practitioners a…
"Irregular or illegal housing constitutes the ordinary condition of popular urban housing in the Middle East. Considering the conditions of daily practices related to land and tenure mobilization and of housing, neighborhood shaping, transactions, and conflict resolution, this b…
Irregular or illegal housing constitutes the ordinary condition of popular urban housing in the Middle East. Considering the conditions of daily practices related to land and tenure mobilization and of housing, neighborhood shaping, transactions, and conflict resolution, this bo…
Arbitration is a conflict-resolution method different from adjudication, but nevertheless with a long history in Islamic law. In principle, it takes place outside the courts and is voluntary. Parties to a dispute agree to defer to one or many persons—the arbiters or arbitrators—…
Administrative law regulates the activities and performance of public administration across all branches of government. 1. General overview Historically, many of the polities of the Muslim world have had some experience with administrative departments or divisions within their g…
