{"product_id":"family-and-court-iris-agmon-9780815630623","title":"Family and Court: Legal Culture and Modernity in Late Ottoman Palestine","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe popular image of the family and the court of law in Muslim societies is one of traditional, unchanging social frameworks. Iris Agmon suggests an entirely different view, grounded in a detailed study of nineteenth-century Ottoman court records from the flourishing Palestinian port cities of Haifa and Jaffa. She depicts the shari'a Muslim court of law as a dynamic institution, capable of adapting to rapid and profound social changes indeed, of playing an active role in generating these changes. Court and family interact and transform themselves, each other, and the society of which they form part. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAgmon's book is a significant contribution to scholarship on both family history and legal culture in the social history of the Middle East.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Iris Agmon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081563062X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815630623\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.44h x 7.56w x 0.94d","brand":"Iris Agmon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44227545989375,"sku":"9780815630623","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b3b5aa67-57e6-4e63-8222-c480e4773d59.jpg?v=1692809275","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/family-and-court-iris-agmon-9780815630623","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}