Islamic Law - Documents on Practice from the Ottoman Archives
"Islamic law contains explications and divisions that imply a classification in terms of public and private law. In this book we will explain the outlines of Islamic public law, e.g. First Chapter; Islamic constitutional law (al-siy'sah al-shar'iyyah) and administrative law (al-siy'sah al-shar'iyyah); Second Chapter; penal law (al-'uqûbât); Third Chapter; financial law (zakât, 'ushr, harâj and other taxes); Fourth Chapter ...