“It belongs in a museum”… or does it?
By Cecilia Palombo and Birte Kristiansen Imagine you are a graduate student who just heard about some fascinating document kept in a private collection. Thanks to the right introduction, and after gently pulling some strings, you are welcome to study…
The continuum approach: Multiple legal solutions to run a diverse empire
This essay first appeared as part of the Islamic Law Blog’s Roundtable on Islamic Legal History & Historiography By Petra Sijpesteijn Two developments in the field of Islamic history are making it possible for us to look at Islamic law…