| Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law: Theory and Practice from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Century Contributor(s): Peters, Rudolph (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521796709 ISBN-13: 9780521796705 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $38.94 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2006 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - History - Social Science | Islamic Studies |
| Dewey: 345.167 |
| Series: Themes in Islamic Law |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.3" W x 9.04" (0.82 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Peters, Rudolph: - Rudolf Peters is Professor of Islamic law at Amsterdam University. He has published extensively on modern Islam and Islamic law. His books include Jihad in Classical and Modern Islam (1996) and Sharia Criminal Law in Northern Nigeria (2003). |