Islamic Law and the State

The Constitutional Jurisprudence of Shihāb Al-Dīn Al-Qarāfī

A discussion of the constitutional jurisprudence of an important Egyptian jurist of the M lik school, Shih b al-D n al-Qar f .

CHAPTER SIX DEFINING THE LEGAL JURISDICTION OF THE STATE:
AGAINST THE TYRANNY OF GOVERNMENT Where law ends, there begins
tyranny." I. General Introductory There is something intuitively compelling about
these words.