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La société abbasside au miroir du tribunal. Égalité juridique et hiérarchie sociale

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In the 9th and 10th centuries, legal sources as well as adab literature stress the strict equality of the litigants before the qāḍī, whatever their respective places in society. This article intends to show that despite this theoretical rule, the practice of the court still reflected individuals’ social backgrounds. The doctrine restricted the rights of some categories of the population and several strategies of discrimination enabled the powerful to establish their superiority; a weak kno...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Oriental Studies Faculty
Oxford college:
Wolfson College
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale
Journal:
Annales Islamologiques Journal website
Volume:
42
Pages:
157-186
Publication date:
2008-01-01
Language:
French
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ora:8019
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2014-02-14

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