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Saudi Justice System
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Saudi Justice System
The background, punishment and the impact of Islam and the political evolution including Koran, law enforcement and the religious police.
2,925 words (approx. 11.7 pages) |
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1991
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"The administration of punishment to a thief in Saudi Arabia is, to a western observer, chillingly simple: a grim parody of law-and-order conservatives' calls for "swift, sure" administration of justice. On Friday, the Muslim holy day, following prayers at the mosque, the thief is led out into the square and his right hand is placed on a block. A sword-blade flashes in the sun. The hand is severed. The man is tended to medically, then released. Islamic justice has been served.This brief vignette of Saudi penal law in operation serves to illustrate the most fundamental characteristics of the Saudi Arabian legal and justice system: its traditionalism, and its complete distinction in methodology and what may be called style from justice procedures elsewhere. In most of the world, including the nonwestern world, legal and penal procedures are..."
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