Law, Muslim Majority and the Implementation of Sharia in Northern Nigeria
نام عام مواد
[Article]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Hendrik Vroom
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
Leiden
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Brill
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
This article introduces a valuable work of a thousand pages that describes and documents the implementation of Sharia law in twelve states in northern Nigeria. It describes the content of the volumes; it gives some examples of Sharia laws and where and how Sharia differs from the penal law of Nigeria; it discusses a number of aspects of two cases that resulted in the accused being sentenced to be stoned and considers the overturning of the verdicts in appeal proceedings. Hence, the article looks at the 'hermeneutical space' that judges have for leniency in applying the sometimes harsh rules, and it explores the question of whether freedom of religion also entails the freedom to establish religious laws or whether legal pluralism might put the freedom of religion at risk. This article introduces a valuable work of a thousand pages that describes and documents the implementation of Sharia law in twelve states in northern Nigeria. It describes the content of the volumes; it gives some examples of Sharia laws and where and how Sharia differs from the penal law of Nigeria; it discusses a number of aspects of two cases that resulted in the accused being sentenced to be stoned and considers the overturning of the verdicts in appeal proceedings. Hence, the article looks at the 'hermeneutical space' that judges have for leniency in applying the sometimes harsh rules, and it explores the question of whether freedom of religion also entails the freedom to establish religious laws or whether legal pluralism might put the freedom of religion at risk.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2008
توصيف ظاهري
484-500
عنوان
International Journal of Public Theology
شماره جلد
2/4
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1569-7320
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
LEGAL PLURALISM
اصطلاح موضوعی
NIGERIA
اصطلاح موضوعی
RELIGIOUS PLURALISM
اصطلاح موضوعی
SHARIA LAW
اصطلاح موضوعی
STONING
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )