Sharia Incorporated : A Comparative Overview of the Legal Systems of Twelve Muslim Countries in Past and Present

Isabell Otto

ISBN 10: 9087280572 / ISBN 13: 9789087280574

Editore: Leiden University Press, 2012

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The aim of Sharia Incorporated is to provide unbiased and contextual information about a topic that has of late been hijacked by politics in the Muslim world as well as in the West. Sharia Incorporated, written by laudable international scholars, is an ambitious study of the incorporation of Islamic law traditions into national legal systems. The book also explores the sensitive topic of 'Western' human rights and other rule of law standards in a Muslim world. It provides an in-depth analysis of the role of sharia in the historical and legal formation of twelve representative Muslim states, with a unique comparison of key issues raised by the 'Islamic awakening' of recent decades. In the preface Jan Michiel Otto goes to the heart of the prevailing environment in which Western discourses tend to oversimplify the substance and effect of Islam and sharia. Watch a clarification on the book by Jan Michiel Otto here.

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• Titolo: Sharia Incorporated : A Comparative Overview of the Legal Systems of Twelve Muslim Countries in Past and Present
• Editore: Leiden University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 9087280572
• ISBN 13: 9789087280574
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 234 L x 156 A x 35 P (millimetri) 234 millimetri di larghezza per 156 millimetri di altezza per 35 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 1120 grammi

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The aim of Sharia Incorporated is to provide unbiased and contextual information about a topic that has of late been hijacked by politics in the Muslim world as well as in the West. Sharia Incorporated, written by laudable international scholars, is an ambitious study of the incorporation of Islamic law traditions into national legal systems. The book also explores the sensitive topic of 'Western' human rights and other rule of law standards in a Muslim world. It provides an in-depth analysis of the role of sharia in the historical and legal formation of twelve representative Muslim states, with a unique comparison of key issues raised by the 'Islamic awakening' of recent decades. In the preface Jan Michiel Otto goes to the heart of the prevailing environment in which Western discourses tend to oversimplify the substance and effect of Islam and sharia. "Sharia incorporated is essential reading for anyone who seeks a better informed, more nuanced picture of law in Muslim majority countries than we normally get. Without being starry-eyed, the country studies show the complexity of reconciling law with custom, and religious with secular laws. Sometimes violent Puritanism clashes with older forms of religious discourse, market economies affect older ways of life, and modern states struggle to make traditional and modern institutions cohere. If nothing else, this book offers a necessary antidote to glib thinking and ignorant prejudice" Ian Buruma Watch a clarification on the book by Jan Michiel Otto" here.

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Jan Michiel Otto is professor of law and governance in developing countries and director of the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Development at Leiden University.

Isabell Otto is Professor of Media Studies at the University of Konstanz, Germany. Her research focuses on the history of knowledge, media participation in digital cultures, and media theory and temporality. Recent publications include: “Prozess und Zeitordnung” (Göttingen, 2020) and „Taking Sides. Theories, Practices, and Cultures of Participation in Dissent” (transcript, 2021).