Contemporary Issues in Public, Human Rights and Islamic Law: Discussions and Perspectives (Paperback)

This book is a collection of varied scholarly perspectives on contemporary issues in Public, Human Right and Islamic Law in selected jurisdictions of the world: International, Regional and National. Countries covered in this volume include Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda, Ghana, United States, China, Malaysia and Indonesia. The methodology employed in writing the chapters are a mixture of doctrinal analysis and empirical research designs. Varied as the interest and the contents elucidate, the authors clearly framed the purpose of underlying legislations, judgments, principles, policies and the ensuing dialogue between history and the social-cultural and economic backgrounds that inspired changes in law over the years.