The Codification of Islamic Criminal Law in the Sudan : Penal Codes and Supreme Court Case Law under Numayrī and Bashīr.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (492 pages)
- Studies in Islamic Law and Society Series ; v.43 .
- Studies in Islamic Law and Society Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Some Remarks on Transliteration, the Use of Arabic Terminology, and Gender-Sensitive Language -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- The Study of Islamic Criminal Law in the Sudan -- Research Questions -- Sources Used -- Structure -- Chapter 2. A Short History of Islamic Law in the Sudan -- Law in the Fūnj Sultanate (1504-1821) and in Dār Fūr (1640-1916) -- The Centralization of Justice under Ottoman-Egyptian Rule (1820-1881) -- Sharīʿa of Its Own Kind: Islamic Jurisdiction under the Mahdī (1881-1898) -- The Condominium and the Introduction of British-Indian Law (1898-1956) -- Discussions on the Islamization of Law (1952-1969) -- Numayrī and the Islamization of the Sudanese Legal System (1969-1985) -- Procrastination under Siwār al-Dhahab and Ṣādiq al-Mahdī (1985-1989) -- A Regime with an Agenda: al-Bashīr and al-Turābī Take Over (1989-) -- Chapter 3. Sources, Structures, Procedure, Evidence, and General Principles -- Criminal Legislation -- Enforcement and Procedure -- General Principles in Sudanese Islamic Criminal Law -- Sanctions -- Chapter 4. Unlawful Sexual Intercourse (zinā) and Related Offenses -- Zinā and Related Offenses in the fiqh -- Zinā and Related Offenses in Sudanese Criminal Legislation -- Zinā and Related Offenses in Supreme Court Case Law -- Chapter 5. Unfounded Accusation of Unlawful Sexual Intercourse (qadhf) -- Qadhf in Islamic Jurisprudence (fiqh) -- Qadhf in the Sudanese Penal Codes of 1983 and 1991 -- Punishment of qadhf -- Lapsing of qadhf -- Chapter 6. Alcohol Consumption (shurb al-khamr) -- Definition and Punishment of Alcohol Consumption in the fiqh -- The Definition of Alcohol Consumption in the Criminal Codes of 1983 and 1991 -- Punishment of Alcohol Consumption in the Criminal Codes of 1983 and 1991. The Lapsing of the ḥadd Penalty for Alcohol Consumption -- Chapter 7. Ḥadd Theft (sariqa ḥaddiyya) -- Ḥadd Theft in the fiqh -- Ḥadd Theft in the Penal Code of 1983 -- Ḥadd Theft in the Criminal Bill of 1988 and the Criminal Act of 1991 -- Chapter 8. Highway Robbery (ḥirāba) -- Ḥirāba in the fiqh -- Ḥirāba in the Penal Code of 1983 -- Ḥirāba in the Criminal Act of 1991 -- Chapter 9. Apostasy (ridda) -- Apostasy in the fiqh -- Apostasy in the Penal Code of 1983 -- Apostasy in the Criminal Act of 1991 -- Chapter 10. Homicide and Bodily Harm -- Homicide and Bodily Harm in the fiqh -- Homicide, Bodily Harm, and Their Punishment before and after the Penal Code of 1983 -- Homicide, Bodily Harm, and Their Punishment in the Criminal Act of 1991 -- Chapter 11. Taʿzīr -- Taʿzīr in the fiqh -- Taʿzīr in the Penal Codes of 1983 and the Criminal Act of 1991 -- Chapter 12. Human Rights and Sudanese Islamic Criminal Law -- Survey of Human Rights Violations -- Survey of Severe Sharīʿa Penalties -- Chapter 13. Conclusion -- Development in Legislation -- Development in Procedure and Evidence -- Supreme Court Case Law -- Political and Historical Factors -- Final Thoughts -- Glossary of Arabic Legal Terms -- References -- Sudanese Laws and Legislative Projects -- List of Quoted Supreme Court Cases -- Unlawful Sexual Intercourse (zinā) -- Alcohol Consumption (shurb al-khamr) -- Theft (sariqa ḥaddiyya) -- Highway Robbery (ḥirāba) -- Apostasy (ridda) -- Homicide and Bodily Harm (qatl / jurḥ) -- Index of People and Places -- Index of Subjects and Terms.
In The Codification of Islamic Criminal Law in the Sudan, Olaf Köndgen offers an in-depth analysis of Islamic criminal law in the Sudan through the penal codes of 1983 and 1991; he examines their application and interpretations in the case law of the Sudan's Supreme Court.