Islam and Justice

Indeks : p. 251-255 ; p. 243-249 ; This work on The Islamic conception of justice is intellectually organic. Unlike so many volumes on Islam in recent years, it is not occasioned by the resurgence of "Islamic fundamentalism" or the eruption of the Iranian Revolution. In a sense this volume has been in the making over the past thirty years, since 1995, when Professor Majid Khadduri published his standard volume on War and Peace in the Law of Islam. Throughout these decades, the international community of scholars has witnessed the prolific display of his multifaceted talents-above all, his numerous contributions to the study of politics and law in the Middle East, both in substance and theory. In this volume, Professor Khadduri has for the first time brought to bear this twin commitment to the study of law and politics on one of the most difficult questions of our time. Seldom in the historical past have individuals and collectivities everywhere been so profoundly concerned with the quest for justice, a concept that is, indeed, elusive, but not by any means illusive. The primary objective of this volume is to inquire systematically into the writings of the leading Muslim scholars, both classical and modern, in search of an Islamic theory of justice, but the inquiry is consistenly related to political dynamics and institutions in the history of Islam.