Sharia incorporated : a comparative overview of the legal systems of twelve Muslim countries in past and present / editor, Jan Michiel Otto.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Otto, Jan Michiel, 1952-

Series:

Law, governance, and development. Research

Law, governance, and development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Africa--Islamic influences.

Law.

Law--Asia--Islamic influences.

Asia.

Africa.

Physical Description:

676 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Comparative overview of the legal systems of twelve Muslim countries in past and present

Place of Publication:

[Leiden] : Leiden University Press, [2010]

Summary:

"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 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.

Contents:

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 / Léon 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789087280574

9087280572

OCLC:

655899932

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