Islamic Criminal Law and Procedure: An Introduction

by Matthew Lippman, Sean McConville, Mordechai Yerushalmi, et al.

Relatively little has been written in English about the Islamic legal tradition, a serious deficiency in light of recent tensions in the Middle East and the Islamic revival in general. The body of Islamic law, or Shari'a, is central to the understanding of Islamic society and the current conflict between fundamentalism and modernism in the Islamic world. While acknowledging the regional differences in the local characteristics of the Shari'a, this...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275930092
• ISBN13: 9780275930097
• Release Date: August 1988
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.8"