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Bechor, Guy.

God in the courtroom : the transformation of courtroom oath and perjury between Islamic and Franco-Egyptian law / by Guy Bechor. - Leiden : BRILL, 2011. - 1 online resource (xiii, 412 pages) : illustrations

The courtroom oath in Islamic law, theory and practice -- Sui Generis, the legal history of courtroom oath -- The Egyptian courtroom oath and its function -- Comparative law : two oaths, two legal regimes -- Perjury as ideology : the motif of falsehood in the Islamic and Franco-Egyptian oaths.

This volume compares the courtroom oaths of both Islamic and modern Egyptian legal systems, blending elements of legal history, comparative law, theology, philosophy and culture.

ISBN: 9789004217515 9004217517 1283395878 9781283395878

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Oaths--Egypt.
Oaths (Islamic law)--Egypt.
Law--French influences.--Egypt
Law--Islamic influences.--Egypt
Oaths (Islamic law)
Serments--Égypte.
Serments (Droit islamique)
Droit--Influence française.--Égypte
Droit--Influence islamique.--Égypte
LAW--Civil Procedure.
LAW--Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--Judicial Branch.
Law--French influences
Law--Islamic influences
Oaths
Oaths (Islamic law)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Egypt

LC Class. No.: KRM1784 .B438 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 347.6205