The role of the judiciary in the Islamisation of Pakistan's legal system has not received much attention by legal scholars. This book aims to fill this gap. Starting in 1947, it examines the way Pakistani judges have dealt with the controversial issue of Islam in the past 50 years. The book's focus on reported case-law offers a new perspective on the Islamisation of Pakistan's legal system in which Islam emerges as more than just a challenge to Western conceptions of human rights. The first part examines the emergence of Islamic arguments in the period up to 1977 when General Zia ul Haq...

Practitioners and academics dealing with the Middle East can turn to the Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law for an instant source of information on the developments over an entire year in the region. The Yearbook covers Islamic and non-Islamic legal subjects, including the laws themselves, of some twenty Arab and other Islamic countries. The publication's practical features include: - articles on current topics, - country surveys reflecting important new legislation and amendments to existing legislation per country, - the text of a selection of documents and important court cases, -...

The Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law is the flagship publication of the Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (CIMEL) of the school of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. It is increasingly regarded as the leading international forum for commentary on, and analysis of, emerging issues in a field of study of everincreasing global significance. There is no more useful and thorough precis of what has happened in Islamic and Middle Eastern law over the last year. With Volume 8 -and the advent of Martin Lau as co-editor with Eugene Cotran- the Yearbook begins an expansion...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Politik - Internationale Politik - Region: USA, Note: 1,3, Universitat Rostock, Veranstaltung: Imperien und Weltreiche, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Als der ehemalige US-Prasident George Bush im Januar 1991 fur eine Rede, zur Lage der Nation, vor die Presse trat, proklamierte er eine neue Weltordnung, in der Frieden, Freiheit, Sicherheit und Gesetzlichkeit fur die ganze Menschheit verwirklicht werden sollten. Die Hoffnung einer friedlichen Welt ohne kriegerische Auseinandersetzungen groer Machte schien zum Greifen nahe. Die UN hatte ihrer...

Practitioners and academics dealing with the Middle East can turn to the Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law for an instant source of information on the developments over an entire year in the region. The Yearbook covers Islamic and non-Islamic legal subjects, including the laws themselves, of some twenty Arab and other Islamic countries. Now the first 12 volumes are available as set The publication's practical features include: - articles on current topics, - country surveys reflecting important new legislation and amendments to existing legislation per country, - the text of a...

Judah ben Joseph Moscato (c.1533-1590) was one of the most distinguished rabbis, authors, and preachers of the Italian-Jewish Renaissance. The book Sefer Nefuṣot Yehudah belongs to the very centre of his important homiletic and philosophical oeuvre. Composed in Mantua and published in Venice in 1589, the collection of 52 sermons addresses the subject of the Jewish festivals, focussing on philosophy, mysticism, sciences and rites. This and subsequent volumes will provide a critical edition of the original Hebrew text, accompanied by an English translation.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Politik - Internationale Politik - Region: Sudasien, Note: 1,3, Universitat Rostock (Institut fur Politik- und Verwaltungswissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Die indischen Regionalstaaten, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Sudasien ist gemessen an der Dichte von Nuklearmachten einzigartig auf der Welt. Als solche anerkannt sind offiziell lediglich die USA, Russland, Grobritannien, Frankreich und China. Mindestens Pakistan und Indien reihen sich als De-facto-Atomstaaten in diese Riege ein. Damit existieren rund um das Tal von Kaschmir nicht weniger als drei...