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Author Weimann, Gunnar J.

Title Islamic criminal law in Northern Nigeria : politics, religion, judicial practice / Gunnar Jochen Weimann.

Publication Info. Amsterdam : Vossiuspers UvA, an imprint of Amsterdam University Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (204 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series UvA proefschriften
UvA proefschriften.
Thesis Ph. D. Universiteit van Amsterdam 2010
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-200).
Contents 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.
Summary 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. Apart from a few well publicised trials, however, the number and nature of cases tried under Islamic criminal law are little known. Based on a sample of trials, the present thesis discusses the introduction of Islamic criminal law and the evolution of judicial practice within the regions historical, cultural, political and religious context. The introduction of Islamic criminal law was initiated by politicians and supported by Muslim reform groups, but its potential effects were soon mitigated on higher judicial levels and aspects of the law were contained by local administrators.
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Language Summary in Dutch and English.
Subject Criminal law (Islamic law) -- Nigeria.
Criminal law (Islamic law)
Nigeria.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Academic theses.
Academic theses.
Other Form: Print version: Weimann, Gunnar J. Islamic criminal law in Northern Nigeria. Amsterdam : Amsterdam Vossiuspers UvA, an imprint of Amsterdam University Press, ©2010 9789056296551
ISBN 9789048514526 (electronic book)
9048514525 (electronic book)
9056296558
9789056296551
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9781282985131