The Sacred Law of Islam - A Case Study of Women's Treatment in the Islamic Republic of Iran's Criminal Justice System

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Hamid R. Kusha, Kusha Hamid R.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.09.2002
• EAN: 9781840147292
• ISBN: 978-1-84014-729-2
• No. of pages: 326
• Weight: 572 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Iran, LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Criminal law & procedure, Islamic Law, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Systems of law: Islamic law, LAW / Islamic, Criminal law: procedure and offences