Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law

Rudolph (Professor of Islamic Studies, Universiteit van Amsterdam) Peters

Cambridge University Press, 2006

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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.

ISBN-13
9780521792264
ISBN-10
0521792266
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2006
Publication date
2006-03-16
Pages
232
Dimensions
161x237x21
Weight
504