Sharia incorporated: a comparative overview of the legal systems of twelve Muslim countries in past and present

"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...

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Subtitles:Sharia and national law : comparing the legal systems of twelve Islamic Countries
Contributors: Otto, Jan Michiel 1952- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Leiden Univ. Press 2010
In:Year: 2010
Reviews:Sharia Incorporated: A Comparative Overview of the Legal Systems of Twelve Muslim Countries in Past and Present. Edited by Jan Michiel Otto. Law, Governance and Development Research. Leiden: Leiden University Press, 2010. Pp. 676. ISBN: 978 90 8728 057 4. € 49,90 (2013) (Vikør, Knut S.)
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Series/Journal:Law, governance, and development Research
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Islamic law
Further subjects:B Islamic law
B Law Africa Islamic influences
B Islamic Law Reception (Africa)
B Law Asia Islamic influences
B Islamic Law Reception (Asia)
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