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Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law * BY RUDOLPH PETERS

Scholars of Islamic law will welcome this latest book by Rudolph Peters, an author who is both a well respected historian and specialist in Islamic law. Peters analyses the theories and practices of crime and punishment in the classical and the modern traditions of Islamic law ranging from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century. Peters’ short but useful introduction stresses the particular characteristics of Islamic law and the doctrinal variety within such a vast body of legal literature and the legal systems of Muslim states. But he also states clearly that the particular contribution thi…