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The Reinstatement of Islamic Law in Sudan under Numayrī
An Evaluation of a Legal Experiment in the Light of its Historical Context, Methodology, and Repercussions
Series: - Studies in Islamic Law and Society, Volume: 16
The present study examines President Ja'far Numayrī's experiment of reinstating Islamic law in the Sudan and the methods employed to this end, in the light of its historical context and sources of inspiration. Islamist legislation, legal circulars and judicial practice are here utilized as source material for the analysis of the methodology employed in Numayrī's experiment and its application with a view to evaluating their impact on the uncodified Islamic law, state control of public morals, and on Sudanese society and economy. The focus of attention here is the judge as an instrument for implementing the government's Islamist policy by means of expanded judicial discretion based on a synthesis of traditional Islamic and modern non-Islamic sources of law. The book is intended for Islamists, legal historians, and lawyers.
Aharon Layish, Ph.D. (1973) is Professor at Hebrew University, has published extensively on Islamic, customary and Druze law and institutions, including Legal Documents on Libyan Tribal Society in Process of Sedentarization (Harrassowitz, 1998). He is Executive Editor of Islamic Law and Society and Chairman of 'The Israel Oriental Society'.
Gabriel R. Warburg, Ph.D. (1968) in History, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, is Professor Emeritus of Middle Eastern History at Haifa University. His books include Islam Nationalism and Communism in a Traditional Society, the Case of Sudan (Frank Cass, 1978), Historical Discord in the Nile Valley (C.Hurst, 1992) and Islam, Sectarianism and Politics in Sudan Since the Mahdiyya (C. Hurst, 2002).
Gabriel R. Warburg, Ph.D. (1968) in History, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, is Professor Emeritus of Middle Eastern History at Haifa University. His books include Islam Nationalism and Communism in a Traditional Society, the Case of Sudan (Frank Cass, 1978), Historical Discord in the Nile Valley (C.Hurst, 1992) and Islam, Sectarianism and Politics in Sudan Since the Mahdiyya (C. Hurst, 2002).
The study is intended for students of Sudanese and Islamic history, Islamists, legal historians, lawyers and students of comparative law as well as libraries of academic institutes and research centers on contemporary Islam.