The Codification of Islamic Criminal Law in the Sudan

Penal Codes and Supreme Court Case Law Under Numayrī And Bashīr
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-90-04-34743-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 43, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 816 g

Reihe: Studies in Islamic Law and Society

In The Codification of Islamic Criminal Law in the Sudan, Olaf Köndgen offers an in-depth analysis of the Sudan’s Islamized penal codes of 1983 and 1991, their historical, political, and juridical context, their interpretation in the case law of the Supreme Court, and their practical application. He examines issues that arise in shari'a criminal law, including homicide, bodily harm, unlawful sexual intercourse (zina, liwat), rape, unfounded accusation of unlawful sexual intercourse (qadhf), highway robbery (hiraba), apostasy (ridda), and alcohol consumption.

Drawing on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, a large number of previously untapped Supreme Court cases, and interviews with judges and politicians, Köndgen convincingly explains the multiple contradictions and often surprising aspects of one of the Arab world’s longest lasting applications of codified shari'a criminal law.

Olaf Köndgen won the DAVO Dissertation Prize 2014 for his Ph.D. thesis.

"This extremely well-documented study represents a milestone for the discussion of Islamic criminal law in the Muslim world as a whole and in the Sudan especially. Olaf Köndgen fills an academic void; his work deserves the greatest recognition, for its extraordinary quality, its thoroughness and systematic approach."
Prof. Günter Meyer, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Autoren/Hrsg.

Köndgen, Olaf

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamisches Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Islamisches Recht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction
The Study of Islamic Criminal Law in the Sudan
Research Questions
Sources Used
Structure

2 A Short History of Islamic Law in the Sudan
Law in the Funj Sultanate (1504–1821) and in Dar Fur (1640–1916)
The Centralization of Justice under Ottoman-Egyptian Rule (1820–1881)
Shari?a of Its Own Kind: Islamic Jurisdiction under the Mahdi (1881–1898)
The Condominium and the Introduction of British-Indian Law (1898–1956)
Discussions on the Islamization of Law (1952–1969)
Numayri and the Islamization of the Sudanese Legal System (1969–1985)
Procrastination under Siwar al-Dhahab and ?adiq al-Mahdi (1985–1989)
A Regime with an Agenda: al-Bashir and al-Turabi Take Over (1989–)

3 Sources, Structures, Procedure, Evidence, and General Principles
Criminal Legislation
Enforcement and Procedure
General Principles in Sudanese Islamic Criminal Law
Sanctions

4 Unlawful Sexual Intercourse (Zina) and Related Offenses
Zina and Related Offenses in the fiqh
Zina and Related Offenses in Sudanese Criminal Legislation
Zina and Related Offenses in Supreme Court Case Law

5 Unfounded Accusation of Unlawful Sexual Intercourse (Qadhf)
Qadhf in Islamic Jurisprudence (fiqh)
Qadhf in the Sudanese Penal Codes of 1983 and 1991
Punishment of Qadhf
Lapsing of Qadhf

6 Alcohol Consumption (shurb al-khamr)
Definition and Punishment of Alcohol Consumption in the fiqh
The Definition of Alcohol Consumption in the Criminal Codes of 1983 and 1991
Punishment of Alcohol Consumption in the Criminal Codes of 1983 and 1991
The Lapsing of the ?add Penalty for Alcohol Consumption

7 ?add Theft (sariqa ?addiyya)
?add Theft in the fiqh
?add Theft in the Penal Code of 1983
?add Theft in the Criminal Bill of 1988 and the Criminal Act of 1991

8 Highway Robbery (?iraba)
?iraba in the fiqh
?iraba in the Penal Code of 1983
?iraba in the Criminal Act of 1991

9 Apostasy (ridda)
Apostasy in the fiqh
Apostasy in the Penal Code of 1983
Apostasy in the Criminal Act of 1991

10 Homicide and Bodily Harm
Homicide and Bodily Harm in the fiqh
Homicide, Bodily Harm, and Their Punishment before and after the Penal Code of 1983
Homicide, Bodily Harm, and Their Punishment in the Criminal Act of 1991

11 Ta?zir
Ta?zir in the fiqh
Ta?zir in the Penal Codes of 1983 and the Criminal Act of 1991

12 Human Rights and Sudanese Islamic Criminal Law
Survey of Human Rights Violations
Survey of Severe Shari?a Penalties

13 Conclusion
Development in Legislation
Development in Procedure and Evidence
Supreme Court Case Law
Political and Historical Factors
Final Thoughts

Glossary of Arabic Legal Terms
References
Sudanese Laws and Legislative Projects
List of Quoted Supreme Court Cases
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Olaf Köndgen, Ph.D. (2013), University of Amsterdam, is Head of Research of the Directorate of Policy Planning at the Council of Europe (Strasbourg). He has published on politics and law of the Sudan, Jordan, Egypt, and Lebanon, including Das Islamisierte Strafrecht des Sudan (Deutsches Orient-Institut, Hamburg 1992) and Jordanien (Munich: C.H. Beck, 1999).