Sexual Violation Islamic Law Substance Evidence Procedure Hina Az… 9781107094246

Sexual Violation in Islamic Law: Substance, Evidence, and Procedure (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)Hina Azam\nCambridge University Press\nHardcover\nUnused and unread, minor cosmetic imperfections such as scuffing or minor creasing. Stamped 'damaged' by publisher to a non-text page.\nEAN: 9781107094246\nPublished 26/06/2015\nLanguage: English\nThis 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 positio.