Document Type
Report
Publication Date
1-1-2006
Abstract
The United Nations Development Programme and the Government of the Maldives commissioned the drafting of a penal code based upon existing Maldivian law, which meant primarily a codification of Shari'a. This is the Final Report of that codification project. A description of the process that produced this Report and the drafting principles behind it, as well as a discussion of the special challenges of codifying Islamic criminal law, are contained in an article at http://ssrn.com/abstract=941443.
Keywords
Islamic criminal law, Shari'a, United Nations Development Program, Republic of the Maldives, sentencing guidelines, international norms, Muslim, criminal code drafting, criminal law and procedure, criminal offenses
Repository Citation
Robinson, Paul H. and Criminal Law Research Group -- University of Pennsylvania, "Final Report of The Maldivian Penal Law & Sentencing Codification Project: Text of Draft Code (Volume 1) and Official Commentary (Volume 2)" (2006). All Faculty Scholarship. 290.
https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/faculty_scholarship/290
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