Final Report of The Maldivian Penal Law & Sentencing Codification Project: Text of Draft Code (Volume 1) and Official Commentary (Volume 2)

The United Nations Development Programme and the Government of the Maldives commissioned the drafting of a penal code based upon existing Maldivian law, which meant primarily a codification of Shari'a. This is the Final Report of that codification project. A description of the process that prod...

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Autor Corporativo: Criminal Law Research Group -- University of Pennsylvania (Autor)
Otros Autores: Robinson, Paul H
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2006
En:Año: 2006
Acceso en línea: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Sumario:The United Nations Development Programme and the Government of the Maldives commissioned the drafting of a penal code based upon existing Maldivian law, which meant primarily a codification of Shari'a. This is the Final Report of that codification project. A description of the process that produced this Report and the drafting principles behind it, as well as a discussion of the special challenges of codifying Islamic criminal law, are contained in an article at http://ssrn.com/abstract=941443