A Brief History of Penal Cultures in Pakistan: Interplay of Tradition and Modernity
A Brief History of Penal Cultures in Pakistan: Interplay of Tradition and Modernity

Summary/Abstract: This essay deals with the historical developments in the penal culture of Pakistan. The description of the tribal culture, the indigenous model of penal culture, its transformation and its clash with modern penal culture is an important part of this text. The Islamic model of justice and its interplay with the indigenous and cosmopolitan model of justice is another dimension of the penal culture of Pakistan. In addition, the interplay between tradition and modernity is a dominant debate in this essay.

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