Religious Procurations and their Legal Implications in Jerusalem: A study in Light of Jerusalem’s Religious Court Records No. 411 (1331-1337AH/1913-1919AD) A Historical Study
Ahmad Hamed Alqudah, Department of History, College of Arabic Language and Social Studies, Qassim University, K.S.A.
Abstract
This study is based mainly on Jerusalem’s Religious Court Records No.411 (Sijillat al-mahkama al-shariyya); which is designated as the Record of Procurations, during 1331-1337 AH / 1912-1919 AD. The record contains one hundred and ninety six pages, which include about one hundred and fifty legal Procurations which varied from common, limited, divorce, to inheritance Procurations.
The study reveals the importance of Jerusalem’s Religious Court Records in the twentieth century, as an important source for studying the development of the judicial system in Jerusalem despite of the decline in the role of the judge and reduction of his powers, which resulted from the establishment of the Regular Courts.
The study tackled different topics: a study for the records (literature review), methods of regulating Religious Procurations, articles of Procurations, types of legal Procurations, and courts personnel in Jerusalem.