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Islamic criminal law in Northern Nigeria : politics, religion, judicial practice /
In 2000 and 2001, twelve northern states of the Federal Republic of Nigeria introduced Islamic criminal law as one of a number of measures aiming at "reintroducing the shari'a." Immediately after its adoption, defendants were sentenced to death by stoning or to amputation of the hand....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Tesis Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Dutch |
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Amsterdam :
Vossiuspers UvA, an imprint of Amsterdam University Press,
©2010.
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| Colección: | UvA proefschriften.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Ch1. Judicial Practice in Islamic Criminal Law in Nigeria
- A Tentative Overview; Ch2. Divine Law and Local Custom in Northern Nigerian Zina Trials; Ch3. Islamic Law and Muslim Governance in Northern Nigeria: crimes against life, limb and property in sharia judicial practice; Ch4. An Alternative Vision of Sharia Application in Northern Nigeria: Ibrahim Salih's add offences in the sharia; Ch5. The Fatwa and the Beast: Islamic authority and Muslim unity in northern Nigeria in light of the 2002 Miss World Crisis; Conclusion.