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CHRISTIAN DANIEL MÜLLER,Gerichtspraxis im Stadtstaat Córdoba. Zum Recht der Gesellschaft in einermalikitsch–islamischen Rechtstradition des 5./11. Jahrhunderts, Studies inIslamic Law and Society, vol. 10 (Leiden, Boston, Cologne: E. J. Brill 1999). Pp. 488.$145.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2002

Stefan Reichmuth
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For a closer understanding of Islamic legal practice and for the application and social function of Islamic fiqh, medieval al-Andalus offers some highly fascinating source materials. Apart from a wealth of legal textbooks of the Maliki madhhab that originate from that region and a wide range of biographical and historical texts covering the different stages of the history of Islamic Spain, al-Andalus provides some of the earliest surviving collections of reported court cases (nawazil and ahkam) whose coverage of decisions in some cases reaches well back into the 9th century.

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Book Review
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International Journal of Middle East Studies , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , November 2001 , pp. 621 - 623
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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