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Legal Diversity in the Middle East - Some Comparative Research Horizons

NCJ Number
88054
Journal
International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice Volume: 6 Issue: 1 Dated: (Spring 1982) Pages: 99-103
Author(s)
C M Hartnett
Date Published
1982
Length
5 pages
Annotation
This paper sketches the contours of Middle Eastern jurisprudence by focusing on the historical processes which gave rise to Islamic law and the four schools of justice which branched out from the seminal doctrines of Muhammad.
Abstract
Sources of case law and potential research horizons are discussed within the framework of comparative criminal justice. (Publisher abstract)

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