Weimann, Gunnar Jochen. <br/><br/>
Islamic criminal law in Northern Nigeria  politics, religion, judicial practice /  [electronic resource] : 
Gunnar Jochen Weimann. 
 - Amsterdam :  Amsterdam University Press,  2010. 
 - 204 p. 
<br/><br/>Thesis (doctoral)--Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2010. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>ch. 1. Judicial practice in Islamic criminal law in Nigeria : a tentative overview -- ch. 2. Divine law and local custom in Northern Nigeria Zinā trials -- ch. 3. Islamic law and Muslim governance in Northern Nigeria : crimes against life, limb and property in shariʹa judicial practice -- ch. 4. An alternative vision of shariʹa application in Northern Nigeria : Ibrahim Salih's Ḥadd offences in the shariʹa -- ch. 5. The Fatwā and the beast : Islamic authority and Muslim unity in northern Nigeria in light of the 2002 Miss World Crisis. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2011. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><br/>Summary in English and Dutch. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Criminal law (Islamic law)--Nigeria, Northern.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Nigeria, Northern--Politics and government.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KTA3800  / .W45 2010eb