Rule of Law and Balance of Power in Classical Islam
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6128614 |
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| Authors | Noah Feldman (Harvard University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 3-12 |
| Publication date | 2008-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Faith & International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1931-7743 • E-ISSN: 1557-0274 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15570274.2008.9523362 |
| OpenAlex | W2076147890 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
(This article is excerpted by permission from: Noah Feldman, The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008), 19–35.) Many factors contributed to the rise of Islamic political views over the last quarter century, and the movement's central goal is the restoration of the shari'a to its central role in Islamic society. This legal system developed over time. A self-regulating community of scholars had exclusive rights to explicate law, allowing them to subtly check a ruler's power. With uncertain rules of succession, rulers upheld divine law in exchange for the legitimacy conferred by scholars. Keywords: IslamLawHistoryPoliticsPluralism
Islam · Law and economics · Legitimacy · Political science · Politics · Rule of law · Ruler · Sharia · Sociology · Theology · History · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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