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Law and Social Enquiry: Case Studies of Research (Studies of Law in Social Change and Development, No. 5)

Law and Social Enquiry: Case Studies of Research (Studies of Law in Social Change and... 368 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LAW [Vol. 31 One is at times made uneasy by the translations (the chapters were originally in Arabic), but since the Arabic originals are not of­ fered when the English renditions are hard to interpret, one finds it difficult to distinguish translation problems from other problems. Sometimes, however, the context suggests that a translation error must be involved. Thus, from the context it is reasonable to assume that the original Arabic for "the right of a slave" (p. 143) was haqq al-'abd, which was nothing to do with slaves' rights but is a legal term meaning approximately "the right of the victim" and referring to a category of offenses in which the victim is allowed to control the legal proceedings. In the last two decades many works have been written by Mus­ lims with a view to establishing that Islamic law contains human rights protections, but this book devotes more attention to human rights in the context of the system of criminal justice than other works presently available in English. The principal value of the book is that it offers a chance to see how liberal-minded law profes­ sors and members of the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Comparative Law Oxford University Press

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Oxford University Press
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© 1983 by The American Association for the Comparative Study of Law, Inc.
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0002-919X
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2326-9197
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10.2307/839833
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368 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LAW [Vol. 31 One is at times made uneasy by the translations (the chapters were originally in Arabic), but since the Arabic originals are not of­ fered when the English renditions are hard to interpret, one finds it difficult to distinguish translation problems from other problems. Sometimes, however, the context suggests that a translation error must be involved. Thus, from the context it is reasonable to assume that the original Arabic for "the right of a slave" (p. 143) was haqq al-'abd, which was nothing to do with slaves' rights but is a legal term meaning approximately "the right of the victim" and referring to a category of offenses in which the victim is allowed to control the legal proceedings. In the last two decades many works have been written by Mus­ lims with a view to establishing that Islamic law contains human rights protections, but this book devotes more attention to human rights in the context of the system of criminal justice than other works presently available in English. The principal value of the book is that it offers a chance to see how liberal-minded law profes­ sors and members of the

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American Journal of Comparative Law – Oxford University Press

Published: Apr 1, 1983

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