The Administration of Justice in Medieval Egypt

Explores how Muslim law governed the life of the individuals and the conduct of society in medieval Egypt Comprehensively examines 4 judicial institutions common to all medieval Muslim states (the cadi, the court of complaint, the police and the market supervisor)Provides a broad discussion of the scope of non-Muslim self-rule/judicial autonomy in medieval IslamIlluminates the complex relations between the state and its subjects, and the state and non-Muslim communities through a discussion of t