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Autore |
Otto Jan Michiel <1952-> |
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Sharia Incorporated : A Comparative Overview of the Legal Systems of Twelve Muslim Countries in Past and Present / / editor, Jan Michiel Otto |
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[Leiden] : , : Leiden University Press, , 2010 |
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©2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (676 pages) |
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Collana |
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Law, governance, and development |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Islamic law - Reception - Asia |
Islamic law - Reception - Africa |
Law - Asia - Islamic influences |
Law - Africa - Islamic influences |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: investigating the role of sharia in national law / Jan Michiel Otto -- Sharia and national law in Egypt / Maurits Berger and Nadia Sonneveld -- Sharia and national law in Morocco / Leon Buskens -- Sharia and national law in Saudi Arabia / Esther van Eijk -- Shariʻa and national law in the Sudan / Olaf Köndgen -- Islam and national law in Turkey / Mustafa Koçak -- Sharia and national law in Afghanistan / Nadjma Yassari and Mohammad Hamid Saboory -- Sharia and national law in Iran / Ziba Mir-Hosseini -- Sharia and national law in Pakistan / Martin Lau -- Sharia and national law in Indonesia / Jan Michiel Otto -- Sharia and national law in Malaysia / Andrew Harding -- Sharia and national law in Mali / Dorothea Schulz -- Sharia and national law in Nigeria / Philip Ostien and Albert Dekker -- Towards comparative conclusions on the role of sharia in national law / Jan Michiel Otto. |
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"Sharia Incorporated is an ambitious study of how Islamic law traditions have been incorporated into the national legal systems throughout the Muslim world. Both puritan Islamists and Western alarmists tend to oversimplify and misrepresent the role and position of sharia. In response, this book takes stock of the actual legal positions, putting them into their socio-political and historical contexts. The twelve |
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country chapters, each written by laudable international scholars speak to the historical evolution of Islamic, legal, and political ideas and practices. They consider the key legal issues raised by the 'Islamic awakening' of recent decades. Otto's conclusion presents the main findings of this unique comparative study and explains why the incorporation of sharia is such a thorny governance problem for an government in today's Muslim world. It is intended that this wealth of facts and analyses contributes to current debates on sharia, law, and politics"--Publisher's description, p. [4] of cover. |
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