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If you read it, I have a question: I read two times already the (unsourced) assertion that the renewal of a court system in western europe was due to the crusad

• throw0101a 5y ago
  I have read it, but it is not short, and so I can't possibly remember all the details. That said I do not remember much/any mention of Islamic jurisprudence: it was more a renaissance of Roman law (see Code of Justinian and Corpus Juris Civilis) The first 1-2 chapters actually go into Roman law (and before), as that was used as the initial base. There's a thread of ancient law even in the present day: * https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/perlman-ancient-greek-law-in-the-21st-century https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/perlman-ancient-greek-law-i... From the little I know about Islamic jurisprudence, specifically through the works of Toby Huff,[1] the tribunals were more 'private' and the rulings were done more by something that we'd call arbitration, and 'case files' would remain in the judge's/arbitrator's possession. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Huff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Huff