Prof. dr. L.P.H.M. (Léon) Buskens
Position:
- Lecturer
- Culture, law and Islam in contemporary Middle Eastern societies
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 2013 |
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| E-Mail: | l.p.h.m.buskens@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Institute for Area Studies, SMES APT |
| Office Address: |
Witte Singel-complex Witte Singel 25/M. de Vrieshof 4 2311 BZ Leiden Room number 1.08B |
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 2013 |
| E-Mail: | l.p.h.m.buskens@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Institute for Area Studies, SMES APT |
| Office Address: |
Witte Singel-complex Witte Singel 25/M. de Vrieshof 4 2311 BZ Leiden Room number 1.08B |
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 7260 |
| E-Mail: | l.p.h.m.buskens@law.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid, Instituut voor Metajuridica, Recht en bestuur ontwikkelingslanden/VVI |
| Office Address: |
Kamerlingh Onnes Gebouw Steenschuur 25 2311 ES Leiden Room number FLEX |
Curriculum Vitae
Léon Buskens (Belfeld, 1962) studied cultural anthropology at the University of Nijmegen, where he graduated in 1987. Following up his interest in Islamic Law, he did extensive fieldwork in Morocco. In 1993 he obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Leiden with a dissertation on Islamic law, as codified in the Mudawwana, and family relations in Morocco.
In 1991 he was appointed to the Department of Languages and Cultures of the Islamic Middle East and to the Faculty of Law of Leiden University. He teaches courses on Islamic law, anthropology of the Middle East, and Islam in general. In 1998 he obtained a private chair for Islamic Law at Utrecht University, where he now teaches courses on Islamic Law in addition to his Leiden courses. His research areas are Islamic and customary law, with an emphasis on Morocco, and anthropology of the Islamic world. His current research concerns the history and present condition of the institution of professional witnesses ('udûl) and their formularies (kutub al-wathâ'iq) in Morocco, the relationship between Islamic law and local customs, and the genesis of the modern legal system of Morocco from the nineteenth century onwards. He is also interested in the history of the Western study of Islamic law.
Publications
- Islamic Commentaries and French Codes: The Confrontation and Accomodation of Two Forms of Textualization of Family Law in Morocco; in: Driessen, Henk (ed.); 1993; The Politics of Ethnographic Reading and Writing. Confrontation of Western and Indigenous Views; Saarbrücken & Fort Lauderdale: Verlag Breitenbach Publishers; pp. 65-100.
- Mâlikî Formularies and Legal Documents: Changes in the Manuscript Culture of the `Udûl (Professional Witnesses) in Morocco; in: Dutton, Yasin (ed.); 1995; The Codicology of Islamic Manuscripts. Prceedings of the Second Conference of Al-Furqân Islamic Heritage Foundation, 4-5 December 1993; London: Al-Furqân Islamic Heritage Foundation; pp. 137-145.
- Islamitisch recht en familiebetrekkingen in Marokko ("Islamic Law and Family Relationships in Morocco"); Amsterdam: Bulaaq, 1999, xxii + 674 pp.
- Beknopt overzicht van het Islamitisch bewijsrecht, in het bijzonder inzake huwelijkssluiting en huwelijksontbinding; in: Rutten, Susan (ed.); 1999; Recht van de Islam 16. Teksten van het op 5 juni 1998 te Leiden gehouden zestiende RIMO-symposium; Maastricht: RIMO; pp. 27-58.
- Sultan voor één dag; in: Driessen, Henk & De Jonge, Huub (eds.); 2000; Miniature etnografiche; Nijmegen: SUN; pp. 114-118.
2012
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. & Dupret, Baudouin (2012)
De l'invention du droit musulman à la pratique juridique contemporaine. In: Dupret, Baudouin (Ed.), La charia aujourd'hui. Usages de la référence au droit islamique (Recherches), pp. 9-17. Paris: La Découverte.
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2011
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2011)
Islamic Studies in the Dutch Public Sphere. In: Otto, J.M. & Mason, H. (Eds.), Delicate Debates on Islam. Policymakers and Academics Speaking with Each Other (LUCIS Series 'Debates on Islam and Society'), pp. 61-68. Leiden: Leiden University Press.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2011)
Islamstudies als erfenis. Ter nagedachtenis aan Dr G.H.A. Juynboll (1935-2010). ZemZem. Tijdschrift over het Midden-Oosten, Noord-Afrika en islam, 7 (1), pp. 115-126.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. & Dupret, Baudouin (2011)
L'invention du droit musulman. Genèse et diffusion du positivisme juridique dans le contexte normatif islamique. In: Pouillon, F. & Vatin, J.C. (Eds.), Après l'orientalisme. L'Orient créé par l'Orient, pp. 71-92. Paris: Karthala.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2011)
The Juynboll Family Library on Islamic and Arabic Studies. , Burgersdijk & Niermans, Catalogue Auction 334, November 15-16 2011, pp. 40. Leiden: Burgersdijk & Niermans.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2011)
Transacties in de levensloop van Marokkaanse sieraden. In: Mols, L. (Ed.), De kracht van zilver. Etnische sieraden uit de collectie Smith-Hutschenruyter, pp. 72-79. Brussel: Mercatorfonds.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2011)
Wat rechters over sharia en moslims willen weten. Rechtstreeks (4), pp. 113-119.
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2010
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2010)
Islamonderzoek in de publieke sfeer. ZemZem. Tijdschrift over het Midden-Oosten, Noord-Afrika en islam, 6 (1), pp. 25-32.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2010)
La polygamie au quotidien. Notes d’un observateur dans une maison pleine de femmes. In: Buitelaar, M. (Ed.), Le Maroc de près et de loin. Regards d’anthropologues néerlandais, pp. 61-72. Rabat: Marsam.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2010)
L’islam dans le système juridique marocain. In: Vanderlinden, J. (Ed.), Convictions philosophiques et religieuses et droits positifs. Textes présentés au colloque international de Moncton (24-27 août 2008), pp. 221-270. Bruxelles: Bruylant.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. & Buitelaar, M. (2010)
Over de islam bestaat geen vaste waarheid. Politieke en sociale omstandigheden bepalen hoe gelovigen religieuze teksten interpreteren. Nrc Next, pp. 22-23.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2010)
Sharia and National Law in Morocco. In: Otto, J.M. (Ed.), Sharia Incorporated. A Comparative Overview of the Legal Systems of Twelve Muslim Countries in Past and Present (Law, Governance, and Development), pp. 89-138. Leiden: Leiden University Press.
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2008
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2008)
Conversations with Mostapha: Learning about Islamic law in a Bookshop in Rabat. In Kommers, Jean & Venbrux, Eric (Eds.) Cultural Styles in Knowledge Transmission. Essays in Honour of Ad Borsboom (pp. 19-24). Amsterdam: Aksant Academic Publi.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2008)
Een nieuwe wet voor het gezin in Marokko. Enkele elementen uit de Mudawwanavan 2004. In Boele-Woelki, Katharina (Ed.) Actuele ontwikkelingen in het familierecht. Tweede UCERF symposium (pp. 31-43). Nijmegen: Ars Aequi.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2008)
Tales according to the Book. Professional Witnesses (`Udul) as Cultural Brokers in Morocco. In Dupret, Baudouin, Drieskens, Barbara, Moors, Annelies (Eds.) Narratives of Truth in Islamic Law (pp. 143-160). London/New York: I.B. Tauris & Co.
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2007
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2007)
A Medieval Islamic Law? Some Thoughts on the Periodization of the History of Islamic Law. In Vrolijk, A.J.M. & Hogendijk, J.P. (Eds.) O ye gentlemen. Arabic studies on science and literary Culture. In honour of Remke KrukLeiden: Brill.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2007)
Alledaagse polygamie. Notities van een toeschouwer in een huis vol vrouwen. In Buitelaar, M. (Ed.) Uit en thuis in Marokko. Antropologische schetsen (pp. 668/1677-80/173). Amsterdam: Bulaaq.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2007)
Alledaagse polygamie. Notities van een toeschouwer in een huis vol vrouwen. In: Buitelaar, M. (Ed.), Uit en thuis in Marokko, pp. 68-80. Amsterdam: Bulaaq.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. & Kommers, J.H.M. (2007)
Dutch Colonial Anthropology in Indonesia. Asian Journal of Social Science, 35, pp. 352-369.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2007)
Lokale kennis: Heemkunde tussen nostalgie en kosmopolitisme. Jaarboek Heemkundevereniging Maas- en Swalmdal Vol. no. 25 (pp. 22-32). Beesel: Heemkundevereninging Maas- en Swalmdal.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2007)
Understanding Muslims as Citizens of Europe. Europaeum Review, 8 (1), pp. 24-25.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2007)
Understanding Muslims as Citizens of Europe. Europaeum Review, 8 (1), pp. 24-25.
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2006
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2006)
Doek valt voor 'de winkel van Brill'. ZemZem. Tijdschrift over het Midden-Oosten, Noord-Afrika en islam, 2 (2), pp. 106/157-114/158.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2006)
Luchtmans, Brill and Smitskamp: Scholarly Booksellers in Leiden, 1683-2006. In Burgersdijk & Niermans, (Ed.) Auction Sale 323. Books-Prints-Manuscripts. 16-17 May 2006. Including the Libraries of : Dr. J.J. Fraenkel; Dr. L. Meihuizen. Part 1 of the Stock and Reference Works of Smitskamp Oriental Antiquarium (Formerly of E.J. Brill)Leiden: Burgersdijk & Niermans.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2006)
Sharia en nationaal recht in Marokko. In Otto, J.M., Dekker, A.J., Soest-Zuurdeeg, L.J., van (Eds.) Sharia en nationaal recht in twaalf moslimlanden (pp. 43-84). Amsterdam/'s- Gravenhage: Amsterdam University Press/WRR.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2006)
Vanishing Orientalism in Leiden. ISIM Review, 18, pp. 44-45.
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2005
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2005)
Twee negentiende eeuwse ontdekkers van het Islamitisch recht te Delft. Een begin van het debat over theorie en praktijk. In: Grinten, P., van der & Heukels, T. (Eds.), Crossing Borders. Eassays in European and Private International Law, Nationality Law and Islamic Law in Honour of Frans van der Velden, pp. 153-171. Deventer: Kluwer.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2005)
Twee negentiende eeuwse ontdekkers van het Islamitisch recht te Delft. Een begin van het debat over theorie en praktijk. In Grinten, P., van der & Heukels, T. (Eds.) Crossing Borders. Essays in European and Private International Law, Nationality Law and Islamic Law in Honour of Frans van der Velden (pp. 153-171). Deventer: Kluwer.
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2004
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2004)
De gemeenschap der moslims. Opvattingen over islamitische saamhorigheid in theorie en praktijk. In Labuschagne, B.C. (Ed.) Religie als bron van sociale cohesie in de democratische rechtsstaat? Godsdienst, overheid en civiele religie in een post-geseculariseerde samenleving (pp. 119-144). Nijmegen: Ars Aequi.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. & Kommers, J.H.M. (2004)
The East-India Company in Dutch Anthropology. Some Reflections on the Use of VOC-Documents. In Huigen, S. & Kommers, J.H.M. (Eds.) Interpretations of Colonial Representations. Reflections on Alterity, Colonial History, and Intercultural Contact (pp. 113-132). Saarbrücken: Verlag für Entwicklungspolitik Saarbrücken GmbH.
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2003
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. & Masud, M.K. & Moors, A.C.A.E. (2003)
Anthropology of Islamic Law. Isim Newsletter, 12, p. 9.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2003)
Antropologische studies in het Midden-Oosten en van de Islam: Een overzicht van 25 jaar onderzoek in Nederland. Sharqiyyât: Journal of the Dutch Association for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, 15, pp. 149-198.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2003)
De amir en de imam. Iraanse echo's in Marokko en de reconstructie van het Malikisme. In Seyed-Gohrab, A.A., Haar, J.G.J., ter, Kon, R.E. (Eds.) "De band met u, mijn vriend, verbreek ik niet": Liber Amicorum voor Kamil Banak (pp. 33-45). Leiden: Opleiding TCIMO.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2003)
Muslim Identity in Dutch Multicultural Society. In Borsboom, A. & Jespers, F. (Eds.) Identity and Religion. A Multidisciplnary Approach (pp. 139-154). Saarbrücken: Verlag für Entwicklungspolitik Saarbrücken GmbH.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2003)
Oratie Prof. Mr F.J.A. van der Velden. De Molengraver, pp. 18-20.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2003)
Recent Debates on Family Law Reform in Morocco: Islamic Law as Politics in an Emerging Public Sphere. Islamic Law and Society, 10, pp. 70-131.
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Borsboom, A. & Buskens, L.P.H.M. & Kommers, J.H.M. & Notermans, N.C. (2003)
The Construction of Identity in Anthropology. In Borsboom, A. & Jespers, F. (Eds.) Identity and Religion. A Multidisciplnary Approach (pp. 9-24). Saarbrücken: Verlag für Entwicklungspolitik Saarbrücken GmbH.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. & Moors, A.C.A.E. (2003)
What Happened: Telling Stories about Law in Muslim Societies. Isim Newsletter, 13, p. 59.
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2002
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. & Kommers, J.H.M. (2002)
The Delayed Reception of Colonial Studies about Adat Law and Islamic Law in Dutch Anthropology. In Vermeulen, H.F. & Kommers, J.H.M. (Eds.) Tales from Academia. History of Anthropology in the Netherlands. Part 2 (pp. 733-755). Saarbrucken: Verlag fur Entwicklungspolitik Saarbrucken.
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2001
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. & Borsboom, A.P. & Komeers, J.H.M. (2001)
Mono Koame: Ethnography as Interdisciplinary Representation. In: Boelaars, M.S.C. & Blom, A. (Eds.), Mono Koame, pp. 13-30. Beek: Centre for Pacific & Asian Studies.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2001)
Wachten op de koning. Recente discussies over islam, familierecht en politiek in Marokko. Justitiële Verkenningen, 27 (5), pp. 18-31.
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2000
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2000)
An Islamic Triangle. Changing Relationships between Shari'a, State Law, and Local Customs. Isim Newsletter, 5, p. 8.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2000)
An Islamic Triangle: Changing Relationships between Shariá', State Law, and Local Custom. Isim Newsletter (5), p. 8.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (2000)
Sultan voor één dag. In Driessen, H. & Jonge, H., de (Eds.) Miniature etnografiche (pp. 114-118). Nijmegen: SUN.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
1999
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (1999)
Beknopt overzicht van het Islamitisch bewijsrecht: in het bijzonder inzake huwelijkssluiting en huwelijksontbinding. In Rutten, Susan (Ed.) Recht van de Islam 16: teksten van het op 5 juni 1998 te Leiden gehouden zestiende RIMO-Symposium (pp. 27-58). Maastricht: RIMO.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (1999)
Beknopt overzicht van het islamitisch bewijsrecht, in het bijzonder inzake huwelijkssluiting en huwelijksontbinding. In: Rutten, S.W.E. (Ed.), Recht van de Islam 16 (Rimo reeks), 16. , pp. 27-58. Maastricht: RIMO.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (1999)
Islamitisch recht en familiebetrekkingen in Marokko. Amsterdam: Bulaaq.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (1999)
Islamitisch recht en familiebetrekkingen in Marokko. Amsterdam: Bulaaq.
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1997
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (1997)
Commentaires islamiques et codes français. Confrontation et accommodation de deux formes de rédaction du droit de la famille au Maroc. In: Boëtsch, G., Dupret, B., Ferrié, J.N. (Eds.), Droits et sociétés dans le monde arabe. Perspectives socio-anthropologiques, pp. 61/217-86/229. Aix-en-Provence: Presses universitaires d'Aix-Marseille.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (1997)
Kutub al-namâdij wa-l-watâiq al-qânûniyya: tatawwur maktûtât al-udûl fî-l-magrib. In: Al-Inânî, R. (Ed.), Dirâsat al-maktûtât al-islâmiyya bayna i tibârât al-mâdda wa-l-basar. A-mâl al-mu'tamar al-tânî li-mu'assasat al-furqân li-l-turât al-islâmî, pp. 197-206. Londen: NN.
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1996
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (1996)
Review. [Bespreking van: Chrestomathie de papyrologie arabe. Documents relatifs a la vie privee, sociale et administrative dans les premiers siecle islamiques.]. In: Bibliotheca Orientalis, 53, pp. 851-857.
(Book review)
1995
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (1995)
De recente hervorming van het Marokkaanse familierecht. In: Rutten, S. (Ed.), Recht van de Islam 12, pp. 59-96. NN: NN.
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Buskens, L.P.H.M. (1995)
Mâlikî Formularies and Legal Documents: Changes in the Manuscript Culture of the 'Udûl (Professional Witnesses) in Morocco. In: Dutton, Y. (Ed.), The Codicology of Islamic Manuscripts, pp. 137-145. London: NN.
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