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    The role of Islam in Pakistan's legal system has largely been shaped by judges over the past 50 years. Starting in 1947, judges increasingly turned to Islam as a source of law to assert judicial independence and protect democracy. General Zia ul Haq embarked on an ambitious Islamization program in 1977. The Federal Shariat Court was created to review laws for compliance with Islamic principles. While Islamization was widely opened under Zia, later landmark decisions gradually closed this process. Depending on the judge and court, Islam has been applied with varying degrees of interpretation, from liberal to conservative. However, the role of Islam in Pakistan's legal system remains largely determined by its higher judiciary.

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    The role of Islam in Pakistan's legal system has largely been shaped by judges over the past 50 years. Starting in 1947, judges increasingly turned to Islam as a source of law to assert judicial independence and protect democracy. General Zia ul Haq embarked on an ambitious Islamization program in 1977. The Federal Shariat Court was created to review laws for compliance with Islamic principles. While Islamization was widely opened under Zia, later landmark decisions gradually closed this process. Depending on the judge and court, Islam has been applied with varying degrees of interpretation, from liberal to conservative. However, the role of Islam in Pakistan's legal system remains largely determined by its higher judiciary.

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    The Role of Islam in the Legal System of Pakistan

    Author: Martin Lau

    The role of the judiciary in the Islamisation of Pakistan’s legal


    system has not received much attention by legal scholars. This
    book aims to ll this gap. Starting in 1947, it examines the way
    Pakistani judges have dealt with the controversial issue of Islam in
    the past 50 years. The book’s focus on reported case-law o fers a
    new perspective on the Islamisation of Pakistan’s legal system in
    which Islam emerges as more than just a challenge to Western Published: 01 Dec 2005
    conceptions of human rights. Pages: viii, 250 pp.
    The rst part examines the emergence of Islamic arguments in the Language: English
    period up to 1977 when General Zia ul Haq embarked on an Subjects: Middle East and
    ambitious project to turn Pakistan into a truly Islamic state. In Islamic Studies, Islamic Law,
    these early years of Pakistan judges increasingly turned to Islam as Human Rights and Humanitarian
    a source of law to preserve judicial independence and to protect Law, Human Rights
    the country’s faltering democracy. The second part examines in
    Publisher: Brill | Nijho f
    detail the features and e fects of Zia’s Islamisation programme
    especially the workings of the newly created Federal Shariat Court. Series:
    The third part reviews the legal developments in the post-Zia London-Leiden Series on Law,
    period when the judicial gates of Islamization which were rst Administration and
    wide opened, have gradually been closed by a series of landmark Development, Volume: 9
    decisions.
    What emerges from this analysis is an image of Islam as a source of E-Book
    law which is rich, complex and varied. Depending on the judge and ISBN: 978-90-47-41717-0
    the court, Islam was applied to varying e fects ranging from liberal List price

    to extremely conservative attitudes. However, they share a EUR €174.00 / USD $216.00

    common feature, namely that the role of Islam in the legal system Hardback
    of Pakistan is to a large degree determined by its higher judiciary. ISBN: 978-90-04-14927-4
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    For more information see brill.com
     

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