Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law Theory and Practice from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Century

Name: Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law Theory and Practice from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Century
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ISBN: 9780521792264

ISBN-10: 0521792266

ISBN-13: 9780521792264

Edition: 2005

Authors: Rudolph Peters, Wael B. Hallaq

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Peters discusses classic Islamic law doctrine and traces the enforcement of criminal law from the Ottoman period to the present day. Accounts of actual cases ranging from theft, banditry, murder, fornication and apostasy shed light on the complexities of the law, and the sensitivity of the qadis who implemented it.

Book details

List price: $76.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/16/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Size: 6.22" wide x 9.25" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.078



Acknowledgements


Maps



Introduction



The classical doctrine



Introduction



Enforcement and procedure



General principles of substantive criminal law



The penalties



Homicide and bodily harm



Hadd offences



Discretionary punishment on the strength of ta'zir and siyasa



The implementation of Islamic criminal law in the pre-modern period: the Ottoman Empire



Introduction



Shari'a and qanun



The enforcement agencies



Procedure



Substantive law



The eclipse of Islamic criminal law



Introduction



Anglo-Muhammadan criminal law and its demise: British India and Nigeria



Legal dualism: the separation between the domains of Shari'a and siyasa: the Ottoman Empire and Egypt



Islamic criminal law today



Introduction



Uninterrupted application of Islamic criminal law: the example of Saudi Arabia



The reintroduction of Islamic criminal law



Islamic criminal law and human rights standards



Conclusion


Glossary of technical terms


Bibliography


Suggestions for further reading


Index