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The Islamic rule of lenity: judicial discretion and legal canons
- Source :
- Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. November, 2011, Vol. 44 Issue 5, p1299, 53 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- ABSTRACT This Article explores an area of close parallel between legal doctrines in the contexts of Islamic law and American legal theory. In criminal law, both traditions espouse a type [...]
- Subjects :
- Islamic law -- Political aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Comparative analysis
Judicial discretion -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects -- Comparative analysis
Criminal law -- Comparative analysis -- Political aspects
Parliamentary sovereignty -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Comparative analysis -- Political aspects
Government regulation
Law
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00902594
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.278950308