Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law: Theory and Practice from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Century
(Part of the Themes in Islamic Law Series)
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In recent years some of the more fundamentalist regimes in the developing world (such as those of Iran, Pakistan, Sudan and the northern states of Nigeria) have reintroduced Islamic law in place of western criminal codes. Rudolph Peters presents a detailed account of the classical doctrine and traces the enforcement of criminal law from the Ottoman period to the present day. Accounts of actual cases, ranging from theft and banditry to murder, fornication...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521796709
ISBN13:9780521796705
Release Date:March 2006
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:232 Pages
Weight:0.84 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"
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