Authors: Hamid Rez Kusha
ISBN-13: 9781840147292, ISBN-10: 1840147296
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Limited
Date Published: October 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Proceeding with two different but complementary goals in mind, Kusha (criminal justice, Texas A&M International U.) summarizes for a Western lay audience the Islamic Sharia as formed by Muhammad and his immediate followers and compares that understanding with the Islamic Republic of Iran's treatment of women under their own form of Sharia. The author argues that Sharia as conceived by Muhammad operates in the service of the common good when it is pursued in a non-coercive environment supported by state and non-state institutions that provide an equitable social structure. Kusha concludes that the Iranian government's coercive and purely instrumentalist view of Sharia has led to the exact opposite of this ideal situation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR
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Preface | ||
Acknowledgements | ||
1 | Introduction | 1 |
2 | The Sharia Law's Genesis: A Brief History | 13 |
3 | The Legal Theory of the Sharia Law | 51 |
4 | Women's Legal Status in the Sharia Law | 81 |
5 | Iran's Criminal Justice System: From Secular to Sharia | 129 |
6 | The Criminogenic Impacts of the Sharia-Based Criminal Justice System in Iran, 1979-1999 | 175 |
7 | Feminine Crime under the Sharia-Based System in Iran | 199 |
8 | The Sharia Law and Female Victimization in Iran | 241 |
9 | Conclusion | 287 |
Index | 305 |