Abstract
Equality before the law is a tremendous, impenetrable field and few would venture to accompany a guide through its brambles. By limiting myself in this chapter to jurisprudence (fiqh) and avoiding the crucial test of practice, I hope to come through unscathed. What you will find below is therefore equality before the law as premodern Muslim jurists treated it, regardless of whether that was a wishful construction confined to their works or reality. Due to the space allotted to the topic, elements of gender affecting legal capacity are necessarily covered separately (Chapter 10, below).
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | The Ashgate Research Companion to Islamic Law |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Pages | 123-135 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781317043065 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781409438939 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |