Islamic Imperial Law
Harun-Al-Rashid's Codification Project| By: | Benjamin Jokisch |
| Publisher: | De Gruyter |
| Print ISBN: | 9783110190489 |
| eText ISBN: | 9783110924343 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2007 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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Despite the historical and contemporary significance of the Sharia, it has not yet been possible to solve the puzzle of its origins. Whereas previous research has postulated a greater or lesser degree of endogenous Islamic development, the present study reaches a different conclusion, namely that at the end of the 8th century Muslim state lawyers in Baghdad codified an Islamic “Imperial Law”, oriented strongly towards Roman-Byzantine law. It is part of an Islamic-Byzantine context, and can only be explained against this intercultural background.