{"product_id":"9781617975738","title":"Sharia and the Making of the Modern Egyptian: Islamic Law and Custom in the Courts of Ottoman Cairo","description":"In this new study, the author examines sijills, the official documents of the Ottoman Islamic courts, to understand how sharia law, society, and the early-modern economy of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Ottoman Cairo related to the practice of custom in determining rulings. In the sixteenth century, a new legal and cultural orthodoxy fostered the development of an early-modern Islam that broke new ground, giving rise to a new concept of the citizen and his role. Contrary to the prevailing scholarly view, this work adopts the position that local custom began to diminish and decline as a source of authority.  These issues resonate today, several centuries later, in the continuing discussions of individual rights in relation to Islamic law.","brand":"American University in Cairo Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134343430384,"sku":"9781617975738","price":74.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781617975738_p0.jpg?v=1763854456","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617975738","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}