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Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law: Theory and Practice from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Century - Themes in Islamic Law Peters, Rudolph (Professor of Islamic Studies, Universiteit van Amsterdam)
Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law: Theory and Practice from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Century - Themes in Islamic Law
Peters, Rudolph (Professor of Islamic Studies, Universiteit van Amsterdam)
This book, first published in 2006, gives a detailed account of the classical doctrine of Islamic law and traces the enforcement of criminal law from the Ottoman period to the present day. The accounts of actual cases which range from theft, banditry, murder, fornication and apostasy shed light on the complexities of the law.
232 pages, 3 maps
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | February 13, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521796705 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 232 |
| Dimensions | 154 × 228 × 14 mm · 352 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Hallaq, Wael B. |