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Legal Reform in the Context of Islamic Fundamentalism: An Analysis of Trends and Prospects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

James S. E. Opolot
James S. E. Opolot*
Affiliation:
Criminal Justice Administration Atlanta University
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Abstract

Many established institutions in the Islamic world have, because of Islamic fundamentalism, recently come under fire. Among these are the legal institutions. In this paper, an attempt was made to outline the trends and prospects associated with legal reform within the context of Islamic fundamentalism.

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International Annals of Criminology , Volume 22 , Issue 1-2 , 1984 , pp. 96 - 103
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Copyright © 1984 International Society for Criminology

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