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Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law

Theory and Practice from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Century

By: Rudolph Peters

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Paperback | 13 February 2006

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Rudolph Peters' book is about crimes and their punishments as laid down in Islamic 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 in place of western criminal codes. 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, and the sensitivity and perspicacity of the qadis who implemented it. This is the first single-authored account of both the theory and practice of Islamic criminal law. It will be invaluable for students, and scholars in the field, as well as for professionals looking for comprehensive coverage of the topic.

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'This is the right book at the right time. ... The reader will not find a clearer account of the fundamental Islamic doctrines of crime and punishment. ...should be read not only by academics, but equally by journalists and other commentators who choose to write or broadcast on the subject of crime and punishment in Islamic law.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies

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Published: 16th March 2006

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Acknowledgements	p. vii
Maps	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
The classical doctrine	p. 6
Introduction	p. 6
Enforcement and procedure	p. 8
General principles of substantive criminal law	p. 19
The penalties	p. 30
Homicide and bodily harm	p. 38
Hadd offences	p. 53
Discretionary punishment on the strength of ta'zir and siyasa	p. 65
The implementation of Islamic criminal law in the pre-modern period: the Ottoman Empire	p. 69
Introduction	p. 69
Shari'a and qanun	p. 71
The enforcement agencies	p. 75
Procedure	p. 79
Substantive law	p. 92
The eclipse of Islamic criminal law	p. 103
Introduction	p. 103
Anglo-Muhammadan criminal law and its demise: British India and Nigeria	p. 109
Legal dualism: the separation between the domains of Shari'a and siyasa: the Ottoman Empire and Egypt	p. 125
Islamic criminal law today	p. 142
Introduction	p. 142
Uninterrupted application of Islamic criminal law: the example of Saudi Arabia	p. 148
The reintroduction of Islamic criminal law	p. 153
Islamic criminal law and human rights standards	p. 174
Conclusion	p. 186
Glossary of technical terms	p. 191
Bibliography	p. 197
Suggestions for further reading	p. 208
Index	p. 212
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Theory and Practice from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Century

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