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Bank and banking; Sudan; laws and legislations.

Women judges; legal status, laws, etc. (Islamic law); Sudan.

Administration control; Sudan; Islam; history.

The death toll resulting from all the armed conflicts in the Sudan, including south Sudan and Darfur, has far exceeded that of the victims of many recent conflicts combined together; more than those of Rwanda, Former Yugoslavia, Sierra Leone and East Timor. Despite the tragic death toll, massive displacement, alleged genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, the Sudanese case has neither featured in the legal literature nor been mentioned in the practice of international Tribunals. This book aims to rectify this by focusing on the Sudans armed conflicts as a case study. Unlike the approach followed in the preponderant legal literature, which tends to focus on International Humanitarian Law as the only applicable regime in armed conflicts, this book brings on board Human Rights Law, which can be applied side by side with International Humanitarian Law. In this sense, it tries to build bridges between the two branches of international law. It focuses on the operation of both regi.
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Labor laws and legislation; Sudan; comparative study.

Civil procedure; Sudan.

• Part I: Customary Law in Context
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Historical background: Law, war and identity
• 3. Customary law in its cultural context
• 4. Customary law and legal pluralism
• 5. Customary law, war and social transformation
• 6. The challenges of reform Part II: Substansive Examples of Customary Law
• 7. Introduction
• 8. Family law
• 9. Law of defamation
• 10. Law of property
• 11. Homicide and bodily injuries Part III: Voices for Customary Law
• 12. Introduction
• 13. Dr Peter Nyot Kok
• 14. Paul Myem Akec and John Luk
• 15. Attorney General Michael Makuei
• 16. Deputy Chief Justice, Bullen Pancol Awal
• 17. Tilar Deng
• 18. A group of Southern Sudanese judges and lawyers
• 19. Ambrose Riiny Thiik and Chan Reec Madut
• 20. Ali Osman Yassin
• 21. Dr Amin Mekki Medani and Omar El Farouk Shoumena.
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Customary Law in the Modern World is the study of a coherent and well-established legal system, which is now operating in the context of a modern nation-state and therefore poised between remaining relevant and the threat of marginalization. Focusing on Sudan, the author places customary law in its historical and cultural context, analyzing the fundamental and traditional values that underlie customary law and the impact of the war between the North and the South that lasted intermittently for half a century. He deals with the substance of customary law, covering a wide variety of areas: family law, property law, torts and criminal liability. Drawing on interviews conducted with judges, legislators and practicing lawyers on customary law and its future in the modern context, the book challenges the development of customary law to build on the positives of tradition and the reform of its shortcomings, particularly in the areas of human rights, gender equality and the protection of children. This book fills a gap in the literature on customary law, and will be of great interest to anyone interested in law, anthropology and politics.
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• Part I: Customary Law in Context
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Historical background: Law, war and identity
• 3. Customary law in its cultural context
• 4. Customary law and legal pluralism
• 5. Customary law, war and social transformation
• 6. The challenges of reform Part II: Substansive Examples of Customary Law
• 7. Introduction
• 8. Family law
• 9. Law of defamation
• 10. Law of property
• 11. Homicide and bodily injuries Part III: Voices for Customary Law
• 12. Introduction
• 13. Dr Peter Nyot Kok
• 14. Paul Myem Akec and John Luk
• 15. Attorney General Michael Makuei
• 16. Deputy Chief Justice, Bullen Pancol Awal
• 17. Tilar Deng
• 18. A group of Southern Sudanese judges and lawyers
• 19. Ambrose Riiny Thiik and Chan Reec Madut
• 20. Ali Osman Yassin
• 21. Dr Amin Mekki Medani and Omar El Farouk Shoumena.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Customary Law in the Modern World is the study of a coherent and well-established legal system, which is now operating in the context of a modern nation-state and therefore poised between remaining relevant and the threat of marginalization. Focusing on Sudan, the author places customary law in its historical and cultural context, analyzing the fundamental and traditional values that underlie customary law and the impact of the war between the North and the South that lasted intermittently for half a century. He deals with the substance of customary law, covering a wide variety of areas: family law, property law, torts and criminal liability. Drawing on interviews conducted with judges, legislators and practicing lawyers on customary law and its future in the modern context, the book challenges the development of customary law to build on the positives of tradition and the reform of its shortcomings, particularly in the areas of human rights, gender equality and the protection of children. This book fills a gap in the literature on customary law, and will be of great interest to anyone interested in law, anthropology and politics.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• Part I: Customary Law in Context
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Historical background: Law, war and identity
• 3. Customary law in its cultural context
• 4. Customary law and legal pluralism
• 5. Customary law, war and social transformation
• 6. The challenges of reform Part II: Substansive Examples of Customary Law
• 7. Introduction
• 8. Family law
• 9. Law of defamation
• 10. Law of property
• 11. Homicide and bodily injuries Part III: Voices for Customary Law
• 12. Introduction
• 13. Dr Peter Nyot Kok
• 14. Paul Myem Akec and John Luk
• 15. Attorney General Michael Makuei
• 16. Deputy Chief Justice, Bullen Pancol Awal
• 17. Tilar Deng
• 18. A group of Southern Sudanese judges and lawyers
• 19. Ambrose Riiny Thiik and Chan Reec Madut
• 20. Ali Osman Yassin
• 21. Dr Amin Mekki Medani and Omar El Farouk Shoumena.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Customary Law in the Modern World is the study of a coherent and well-established legal system, which is now operating in the context of a modern nation-state and therefore poised between remaining relevant and the threat of marginalization. Focusing on Sudan, the author places customary law in its historical and cultural context, analyzing the fundamental and traditional values that underlie customary law and the impact of the war between the North and the South that lasted intermittently for half a century. He deals with the substance of customary law, covering a wide variety of areas: family law, property law, torts and criminal liability. Drawing on interviews conducted with judges, legislators and practicing lawyers on customary law and its future in the modern context, the book challenges the development of customary law to build on the positives of tradition and the reform of its shortcomings, particularly in the areas of human rights, gender equality and the protection of children. This book fills a gap in the literature on customary law, and will be of great interest to anyone interested in law, anthropology and politics.
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• Customary law in general
• Ethnic and historical background of the Dinka and Nuer
• The sources of the Dinka and Nuer customary laws
• The structure of Dinka and Nuer customary laws
• Customary family law
• Customary rules of property and legal obligations
• Customary criminal law.

• Introduction to Islamic law
• history of Islamic law in the Sudan
• structure and procedures of the Islamic courts
• the status of women in Islamic law
• Islamic marriage in the Sudan
• the law of divorce in practice
• the maintenance of women, custody and support of children
• the transference of wealth and property
• movements for reform or restoration of the Shari'a in the Sudan
• recent developments. Appendices: the scholarly sources
• judicial circulars of the Sudan Shari'a courts
• chronological list of Sudanese Grand Qadis
• glossary of Shari'a legal terms.
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This work studies not only the philosophical and religious underpinnings of Sharia law, but case material and legal statistics to analyse its application in the area of personal status law in the Sudan. It stresses marriage, divorce, child custody, women's status and social movements for change.
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• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Shari'a, Islam and Islamism in Sudanese History
• Chapter 2: The Ascendance of Islamism, 1983-89
• Chapter 3: 'Be Careful what you ask for'
• Chapter 4: Shari'a Courts and Judges in Contemporary Practice
• Chapter 5: Demographic Transformation
• Chapter 6: Social Transformation
• Chapter 7: Comparative cases of Iran, Afghanistan and Nigeria
• Chapter 8: Post-Islamism, Future of Shari'a and the Sudanese State.
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After the 1989 Islamist coup in Sudan, the National Islamic Front under General Omar al-Bashir and Dr. Hasan Turabi attempted to institutionalise, codify and implement Shari'a law throughout the country. However, by 2005, with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement ending 22 years of civil war, the government agreed to halt its policy of Islamisation in the South. Shari'a and Islamism in Sudan explores how Sudanese society has been transformed by this period of implementation of Islamic Law, and furthermore asks, what are the continuing effects of this policy? And what are the implications of the Peace Agreement for the future of Islamist politics in Sudan and of the country? With data drawn from Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban's most recent research in the region, this book is a vital and unique examination of the nature of the Sudanese state and society, offering invaluable insight for all those interested in the politics, society, and the future of Sudan and the nature of political Islam.
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