The Contribution of Early Islamic Rulers to Adjudication and Legislation: The Case of the Mazalim Tribunals

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Abstract

There is an interesting discrepancy in the early Islamic empires between law making and the perception of law making. Although early Islamic rulers - the Rashidun (the first four caliphs that succeeded Muhamad, known as the Rightly Guided caliphs), the Umayyads and the early Abbasids - determined the rules and regulations in several areas of the law, their contributions went unmentioned in legal literature.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLaw and Empire
Subtitle of host publicationIdeas, Practices, Actors
EditorsJeroen Duindam, Hurvitz Nimrod
PublisherBrill Academic Publishers
Pages133-156
Number of pages24
ISBN (Electronic)9789004249516
ISBN (Print)9789004245297
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2013

Publication series

NameRulers and Elites
Volume3
ISSN (Print)2211-4610
ISSN (Electronic)2211-4629

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • History
  • Sociology and Political Science

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