Rudolph Peters, Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law: Theory and Practice from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Century, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Pp. xi + 219. 27.99 paper (ISBN 0-521-79670-9).

Christopher Melchert

doi:10.1017/S073824800000362X

Rudolph Peters, Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law: Theory and Practice from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Century, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Pp. xi + 219. $70.00 cloth (ISBN 0-521-79226-6); $27.99 paper (ISBN 0-521-79670-9).

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 August 2010

Christopher Melchert

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Information: Law and History Review , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , Spring 2005 , pp. 188 - 190

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Rudolph Peters, Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law: Theory and Practice from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Century, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Pp. xi + 219. $70.00 cloth (ISBN 0-521-79226-6); $27.99 paper (ISBN 0-521-79670-9).

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