In quest of justice : Islamic law and forensic medicine in modern Egypt

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In quest of justice : Islamic law and forensic medicine in modern Egypt

Title remainder

Islamic law and forensic medicine in modern Egypt

Statement of responsibility

Khaled Fahmy

Creator

• Fahmy, Khaled Mahmoud
• Fahmy, Khaled Mahmoud

Author

• Fahmy, Khaled Mahmoud
• Fahmy, Khaled Mahmoud

Subject

• Criminal justice, Administration of (Islamic law)
• Criminal justice, Administration of (Islamic law)
• Criminal justice, Administration of -- Egypt
• Egypt
• Evidence, Expert
• Evidence, Expert (Islamic law)
• Evidence, Expert (Islamic law)
• Evidence, Expert (Islamic law)
• Chemistry, Forensic
• Islam and justice
• Islam and justice
• Islam and justice
• Medical jurisprudence
• Medical jurisprudence (Islamic law)
• Medical jurisprudence (Islamic law)
• Medical jurisprudence (Islamic law)
• Medical jurisprudence -- Egypt
• Evidence, Expert -- Egypt
• Chemistry, Forensic -- Egypt
• Criminal justice, Administration of
• Criminal justice, Administration of (Islamic law)

Language

eng

Summary

"In Quest of Justice provides the first full account of the establishment and workings of a new kind of state in Egypt in the modern period. Drawing on groundbreaking research in the Egyptian archives, this highly original book shows how the state affected those subject to it and their response. Illustrating how shari'a was actually implemented, how criminal justice functioned, and how scientific-medical knowledges and practices were introduced, Khaled Fahmy offers exciting new interpretations that are neither colonial nor nationalist. Moreover he shows how lower-class Egyptians did not see modern practices that fused medical and legal purposes in new ways as contrary to Islam. This is a major contribution to our understanding of Islam and modernity"--Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

CU-S/DLC

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography