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The Sacred Law of Islam: A Case Study of Women's Treatment in the Islamic Republic of Iran's Criminal Justice System
Assessing the treatment of women under Iran's justice system, this book offers a rare analysis of women's situation in a system of justice that adheres to Islam's Sacred Law. It also demonstrates that the Sacred Law is one of the most complex, detailed and comprehensive legal theories that Islam has produced in its capacity as a doctrine of social justice.
| Author(s) | By Hamid R. Kusha. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 326 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 24 Sept 2002 |
| Availability | Available |
Assessing the treatment of women under Iran's justice system, this book offers a rare analysis of women's situation in a system of justice that adheres to Islam's Sacred Law. It also demonstrates that the Sacred Law is one of the most complex, detailed and comprehensive legal theories that Islam has produced in its capacity as a doctrine of social justice.
Contents: Introduction; The Sharia law's genesis: a brief history; The legal theory of Sharia law; Women's legal status in Sharia law; Iran's criminal justice system: from secular to Sharia; The criminogenic impacts of Sharia based criminal justice system
Hamid R. Kusha, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, East Carolina University in Greenville, USA
