Relatively little has been written in English about the Islamic legal tradition, a serious deficiency in light of recent tensions in the Middle East and the Islamic revival in general. The body of Islamic law, or Shari'a, is central to the understanding of Islamic society and the current conflict between fundamentalism and modernism in the Islamic world. While acknowledging the regional differences in the local characteristics of the Shari'a, this work provides a straightforward introduction to procedure and punishment, discussing the major concepts, principles, and practices. The...
Relatively little has been written in English about the Islamic legal tradition, a serious deficiency in light of recent tensions in the Middle Eas...
The local prisons of the latter half of the 19th century refined systems of punishment so harsh that one judge considered the maximum sentence of two years local imprisonment to be the most severe punishment known to English law: "next only to death." The punishment inflicted on prisoners was often carried beyond the limits of health and sanity. "English Local Prisons" examines how private perceptions and concerns became public policy. It also traces the move in English government from the rural and aristocratic to the urban and more democratic. The book follows the rise of the powerful...
The local prisons of the latter half of the 19th century refined systems of punishment so harsh that one judge considered the maximum sentence of two ...
This is a wide-ranging study of political violence and the punishment of Irish political prisoners from 1848 to the founding of the Irish Free State in 1922. Those who chose violence to advance their Irish nationalist beliefs ranged from gentlemen revolutionaries to those who openly embraced terrorism or even full-scale guerilla war. Sean McConville provides a comprehensive survey of Irish revolutionary struggle, matching chapters on punishment of offenders with descriptions and analysis of their campaigns. Government's response to political violence was determined by a number of factors,...
This is a wide-ranging study of political violence and the punishment of Irish political prisoners from 1848 to the founding of the Irish Free State i...
Leslie Fairweather Sean McConville Sean McConville
An examination of current and future prison designs, within the government's building programme and the confines of penal philosophies and legislation. America has led the way in prison design, with two main types of architecture predominating: radical layouts (outside cells with windows) and linear blocks (inside cells with grilles). Now new generation prisons (central association surrounded by small groups of cells) look set to become the fashion. But are they a better answer, and should they be copied worldwide before we know?
An examination of current and future prison designs, within the government's building programme and the confines of penal philosophies and legislation...
Talks about political violence and the punishment of Irish political prisoners from 1848 to the founding of the Irish Free State in 1922. This book provides a comprehensive survey of Irish revolutionary struggle, matching chapters on punishment of offender
Talks about political violence and the punishment of Irish political prisoners from 1848 to the founding of the Irish Free State in 1922. This book pr...
