- Description
- 1 online resource (286 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Summary
- This book provides a detailed analysis of Islamic juristic writings on the topic of rape and argues that classical Islamic jurisprudence contained nuanced, substantially divergent doctrines of sexual violation as a punishable crime. The work centers on legal discourses of the first six centuries of Islam, the period during which these discourses reached their classical forms, and chronicles the juristic conflict over whether or not to provide monetary compensation to victims. Along with tracing the emergence and development of this conflict over time, Hina Azam explains evidentiary ramifications of each of the two competing positions, which are examined through debates between the Ḥanafī and Mālikī schools of law. This study examines several critical themes in Islamic law, such as the relationship between sexuality and property, the tension between divine rights and personal rights in sex crimes, and justifications of victim's rights afforded by the two competing doctrines.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization.
- Subject
- Note
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 May 2016).
- OCLC
- CR9781316145722
- Author
Azam, Hina, author.
- Title
Sexual Violation in Islamic Law : Substance, Evidence, and Procedure / Hina Azam.
- Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Series
Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization.
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- Other Form:
Print version: 9781107094246