“It is Permitted for the Amīr but not the Qāḍī”: The Military-Administrative Genealogy of Coercion in Abbasid Criminal Justice
Muslim rulers and law enforcers used coercion as an evidentiary method for criminal cases during the Abbasid period. These coercive procedures consisted of imprisonment, threats of beatings, and lashings. Coercive interrogations were shaped by the practices of the shurṭa (criminal magistrates and po...
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Language: | English |
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Brill
2023
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Islamic law and society
Year: 2023, Volume: 30, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 65-95 |
Further subjects: | B
Confession
B siyāsa B al-Māwardī B shurṭa B Buyid B Abbasid B Coercion B Criminal Justice |
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