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Informationen zum Autor Uriel I. Simonsohn is an affiliate of the Martin Buber Society of Fellows at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Klappentext Focusing on the late seventh to early eleventh centuries in the region between Iraq in the east and present-day Tunisia in the west, this study explores the multiplicity of judicial systems that coexisted under early Islam to reveal a complex array of social obligations that connected individuals across confessional boundaries. Zusammenfassung Focusing on the late seventh to early eleventh centuries in the region between Iraq in the east and present-day Tunisia in the west! this study explores the multiplicity of judicial systems that coexisted under early Islam to reveal a complex array of social obligations that connected individuals across confessional boundaries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Note on Transliteration Introduction PART I. LEGAL PLURALISM IN LATE ANTIQUITY AND CLASSICAL ISLAM: SURVEY AND ANALYSIS Chapter 1. A Late Antique Legacy of Legal Pluralism Chapter 2. Islam's Judicial Bazaar PART II. THE JUDICIAL CHOICES OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS IN THE EARLY ISLAMIC PERIOD: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Chapter 3. Eastern Christian Judicial Authorities in the Early Islamic Period Chapter 4. Rabbanite Judicial Authorities in the Late Geonic Period Chapter 5. Christian Recourse to Nonecclesiastical Judicial Institutions Chapter 6. Jewish Recourse to Islamic Courts Conclusion List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
