Sharia Incorporated

by Otto, Jan Michiel

• ISBN13: 9789087280574
• ISBN10: 9087280572
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-30
• Publisher: Leiden Univ Pr

Summary

The aim of Sharia Incorporated is to provide unbiased and contextual information about a topic that has of late been hijacked by politics in the Muslim world as well as in the West. Sharia Incorporated, written by laudable international scholars, is an ambitious study of the incorporation of Islamic law traditions into national legal systems. The book also explores the sensitive topic of 'Western' human rights and other rule of law standards in a Muslim world. It provides an in-depth analysis of the role of sharia in the historical and legal formation of twelve representative Muslim states, with a unique comparison of key issues raised by the 'Islamic awakening' of recent decades. In the preface Jan Michiel Otto goes to the heart of the prevailing environment in which Western discourses tend to oversimplify the substance and effect of Islam and sharia.

Author Biography

Jan Michiel Otto is Professor of Law and Governance in developing countries at Leiden University, and director of the Van Vollenhoven Institute tor Law, Governance and Development.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 7
Editorial note	p. 10
Preface	p. 11
Introduction: investigating the role of sharia in national law	p. 17
Sharia and national law in Egypt	p. 51
Sharia and national law in Morocco	p. 89
Sharia and national law in Saudi Arabia	p. 139
Shari'a and national law in the Sudan	p. 181
Islam and national law in Turkey	p. 231
Sharia and national law in Afghanistan	p. 273
Sharia and national law in Iran	p. 319
Sharia and national law in Pakistan	p. 373
Sharia and national law in Indonesia	p. 433
Sharia and national law in Malaysia	p. 491
Sharia and national law in Mali	p. 529
Sharia and national law in Nigeria	p. 553
Towards comparative conclusions on the role of sharia in national law	p. 613
Annexe: Tables	p. 655
Glossary	p. 661
About the contributors	p. 673
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