The Judicial Authority between Islam and the Muhammadans

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART I: The Judicial Authority in the Religion of Islam

CHAPTER I: The Discrepancy between Muhammad's Yathreb City-State and Caliphate Theocracies

CHAPTER II: The Judicial Authority and the Political Authority within Quran-Based Rule  

CHAPTER III: The Legislations Used by Judges

CHAPTER IV: The Conscience of Muslim Judges

PART II: The Judicial Authority in the History of the Muhammadans 

CHAPTER I: How Politicized Judicial Authority during the Era of Caliphs Corrupted Justice

CHAPTER II: The Position of Judges and the Whims of Caliphs

CHAPTER III: The Position of Judges and the Whims of Religious Scholars

CHAPTER IV: A Corrupt Female Slave Appointed as the Supreme Judge

CHAPTER V: The Collapse of the Judicial Authority within the Muhammadans during the Second Abbasid Era

CHAPTER VI: Abou Hanifa Refused to Be Appointed as a Judge

CHAPTER VII: Shureik as a Model of a Fair Judge during the Abbasid Era

CHAPTER VIII: Fair Judges

CONCLUSION