Introduction, Maaike van Berkel, Leon Buskens and Petra M. Sijpesteijn
Notes on Contributors
Bibliography Rudolph Peters
Rudolph Peters and the History of Modern Egyptian Law, Khaled Fahmy
I. REGIME CHANGE AND LEGAL INSTITUTIONS
The Qadis' Justice according to Papyrological Sources (Seventh-Tenth Centuries C.E.), Mathieu Tillier
Delegation of Judicial Power in Abbasid Egypt, Petra M. Sijpesteijn
The Mahdi's Legal Opinion as an Instrument of Reform: Issues in Divorce, Inheritance, False Accusation of Unlawful Intercourse and Homicide, Aharon Layish
II. PRACTICES OF RECORDING AND VERIFYING
Identifying the ?udul in Fifteenth-Century Granada, Sergio Carro Martin and Amalia Zomeno
Crimes without Criminals? Legal Documents on Fourteenth-Century Injury and Homicide Cases from the ?aram Collection in Jerusalem, Christian Mueller
From Trash to Treasure: Ethnographic Notes on Collecting Legal Documents in Morocco, Leon Buskens
Notes for a Local History of Falsehood, Brinkley Messick
III. DAILY LIFE
Waqf Documents on the Provision of Water in Mamluk Egypt, Maaike van Berkel
Ottoman aman: Western Ownership of Real Estate and the Politics of Law Prior to the
Land Code of 1876, Maurits H. van den Boogert
A Comparative Study of Contract Documents: Ottoman Syria, Qajar Iran, Central Asia, Qing China and Tokugawa Japan, Toru Miura
