Judicial pluralism under the “Berber empires” (last quarter of the 11th century C.E. – first half of the 13th century C.E.)
Abstract: This article deals with judicial pluralism under the rule of the Almoravids and the Almohads. Both dynasties deserve to be considered jointly in a study of the judiciary in the pre-modern Islamic West. Given their close association with Mālikism, the Almoravids created a scenario apt for t...
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Bulletin d’études orientales
2016
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| Acceso en liña: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | Abstract: This article deals with judicial pluralism under the rule of the Almoravids and the Almohads. Both dynasties deserve to be considered jointly in a study of the judiciary in the pre-modern Islamic West. Given their close association with Mālikism, the Almoravids created a scenario apt for the Mālikī fuqahā’ to improve the position of qāḍī‑s vis-à-vis governmental judges. Conversely, qāḍī‑s are believed to have been deprived of a significant part of their powers and independence as a consequence of Almohad legal policy, which jeopardized Mālikism’s predominance and control over the judiciary. This article is organized into three parts : (1) a diachronic overview of the specificities of the judiciary in al‑Andalus and the Far Maghrib ; (2) the Almoravids’ judicial policy and the jurists’ counter-reaction ; (3) dialectics between rulers and Mālikī qāḍī‑s in the Almohad period. The aim is to test whether textual evidence and previous research still support the idea that both periods mark a peak and a bottom respectively in the Mālikīs’ position with political power, and therefore, in the balance of forces between qāḍī‑s and governmental judges. |
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