Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I The Premodern Period
1 Between a Witness, a Reporter, and a Judge: The Probative Status of the
Expert
2 The Right Hand of Qadis: Male Experts in Judicial Practice
3 Agents of Patriarchy in the Secluded World of Women: Females as Expert
Witnesses
Part II The Modern Period
4 Continuity and Reform: The Egyptian Expert System in a Comparative
Perspective
5 Revealing the Secrets of the Body: Litigants, Courts, and Modern Medicine
in Egypt
6 From Physiognomy to DNA Testing: Developments in the Establishment
of Paternity
Conclusion: Islamic Expert Witnessing in Comparative Perspective
Appendix: List of Court Decisions
Notes
References
Index