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Peters - Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law

Book information

ISBN
0-511-34537-2, 978-0-511-34537-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2617195 bytes)
Pages
235\235
Topic
Jurisprudence Law
Library
torrents.ru tech collections 2009-11-14
Time added
2010-01-11 02:35:34
Юридические дисциплины;Сравнительное правоведение;

Description

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 and apostasy, shed light on the complexities of the law, and the sensitivity and intelligence of the qadis who implemented it.

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