Islamic law and human rights: Conundrums and equivocations

Religion and Human Rights: Competing Claims?

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 177-198

  Mayer, Ann Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 85024239871     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315502571-14     Document Type: Chapter

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