Islamic Legal Maxims as Substantive Canons of Construction: Hudūd-Avoidance in Cases of Doubt
Abstract Legal maxims reflect settled principles of law to which jurists appeal when confronting new legal cases. One such maxim of Islamic criminal law stipulates that judges are to avoid imposing hudūd and other sanctions when beset by doubts as to the scope of the law or the sufficiency of the ev...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2010
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Islamic law and society
Year: 2010, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 63-125 |
| Further subjects: | B
Interpretation of
B LEGAL MAXIMS B Hadith B SHUBAHAT / SHUBHA B HUDUD B LENITY B QAWAID FIQHIYYA B CRIMINAL LAW B DOUBT B Ambiguity |
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