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Customary law, International --- International obligations --- Jus cogens (International law) --- Ius cogens (International law) --- Peremptory norms (International law) --- International law --- International agreements --- Treaties --- Customary international law --- International customary law --- Customary law, International. --- International obligations. --- Droit coutumier international. --- Obligations internationales. --- Jus cogens.

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The legal treatment of sexual behavior is a subject that receives little scholarly attention in the field of Middle East women's studies. Important questions about the relationship between sexuality and the law and about the societies enforcing that relationship are rarely addressed in the current literature. Elyse Semerdjian's "Off the Straight Path" takes a bold step toward filling that gap by offering a fascinating look at the historical progression of the treatment of illicit sex under Islamic law. Semerdjian provides a comprehensive review of the concept of zina, i.e., sexual indiscretion, by exploring the diverse interpretation of zina crime as presented in a variety of sources from the Qur'an and hadith to legal literature. She then delves into the history of legal responses to zina within the specific community of Aleppo, Syria. Drawing on a wealth of shari'a court records, Semerdjian provides a realistic view of Syrian society during the Ottoman period. With vivid detail, she describes specific women's lives and experiences as their cases are presented before the court. Semerdjian argues that the actual treatment of zina crimes in the courts differs substantially from sentences prescribed by codified Islamic jurisprudence. In contrast to the violent corporal punishments dictated in the Islamic legal code, the courts often punished crimes of sexual indiscretion with nonviolent sentences, such as removal from the community. Employing exceptional insight, "Off the Straight Path" presents a powerful challenge to the traditional view of Islamic law, enabling a richer understanding of Islamic society.

Punishment (Islamic law) --- Customary law (Islamic law) --- Domestic relations (Islamic law) --- Rape (Islamic law) --- Fornication (Islamic law) --- Adultery (Islamic law) --- Islamic law --- Aḥwāl al-shakhṣīyah (Islamic law) --- Customary law (Islamic law) - Syria - Aleppo

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Peremptory norms are non-derogable standards of international public policy which impose limits on how far governments politicians and diplomats can further their own goals in making international transactions. This work examines their increasing importance in determining the permissible limits on the actions of State actors.

Jus cogens (International law) --- Customary law, International --- International obligations --- International Law --- Law, Politics & Government --- International Law - General --- International agreements --- International law --- Treaties --- Customary international law --- International customary law --- Ius cogens (International law) --- Peremptory norms (International law) --- Customary law, International. --- International obligations.

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Aboriginal Australians --- Criminal justice, Administration of --- Customary law --- Restorative justice --- Civil rights. --- Criminal justice system. --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Balanced and restorative justice --- BARJ (Restorative justice) --- Community justice --- Restorative community justice --- Reparation (Criminal justice) --- Civil rights --- Criminal justice system --- Legal status, laws, etc

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Whilst conventional outlaws used bows, arrows, and bullets to rob the rich to help the poor, St Yves challenged poverty and social inequality via argument, debate, reason and consensus. The author explains why he deserves to be better known, including for the values of decency, integrity and ethics that his approach to resolving conflict imparts.

Christian saints --- Law, Primitive --- Primitive law --- Law --- Saints --- Canonization --- Yves, --- Ives, --- Ives Hélory, --- Ivo, --- Ivón, --- Ivone, --- Yuo, --- Yves Hélory, --- Yves Héloury, --- Yvo, --- Customs (Law) --- Folk law --- Traditional law --- Usage and custom (Law) --- Social norms --- Common law --- Time immemorial (Law) --- Customary law