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Names: Marotta, Anna (Writer of English Sharia courts), author.
Title: A geo-legal approach to the English Sharia courts : cases and conflicts / by Anna Marotta.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill/Nijhoff, 2022. | Series: Comparative Law in Global Perspectives, 2772-5332 ; 1 | Includes bibliographica references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021046539 (print) | LCCN 2021046540 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004473089 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004473096 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Islamic courts—England. | Conflict of laws (Islamic law)—England. | Courts—England. | Conflict of laws—England. | Justice, Administration of (Islamic law)—England. | Justice, Administration of—England.
Classification: LCC KD8804 .M37 2022 (print) | LCC KD8804 (ebook) | DDC 340.5/9—dc23/eng/20211105
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