Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law: Theory and Practice from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Century (Themes in Islamic Law, Series Number 2) - Softcover

Peters, Rudolph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521796709 ISBN 13: 9780521796705

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Book Description:

This is the first single-authored account of both the theory and practice of Islamic criminal law. In recent years some of the more fundamentalist regimes, such as those of Iran, Pakistan, Sudan and the Northern states of Nigeria have reintroduced Islamic law. Rudolf Peters gives a detailed account of the classical doctrine 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.

About the Author:

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).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0521796709
• ISBN 13: 9780521796705
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232