ABSTRACT

The doctrine of the Rule of Law is of no doubt a well established and rooted doctrine under Islamic legal system as well as the conventional legal system. From the time of the ruling of the Noble Prophet of Islam (PBUH) to the time of the four rightly guided Caliphs, this doctrine of rule of law is well followed and this can be seen in the various practices of the Noble Prophet and the rightly guided Caliphs. However, over time, due to the partial submission of some aspect of Islamic tenets to western civilization, the doctrine of rule of law appear to have lost some of it’s applicable principle in an Islamic community. In view of the above submission, this essay finds it important to examine the doctrine of rule of law under Islamic law, its juristic approach and its applicability in Muslim state.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

COVER PAGE....................................................................................................................

CERTIFICATION PAGE..................................................................................................

ABSTRACT..........................................................................................................................

DEDICATION.....................................................................................................................

ACKNOWLEDGMENT....................................................................................................

TABLE OF CASES.............................................................................................................

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS............................................................................................

CHAPTER ONE

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

1.0.0. INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................

1.1.0. BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY.........................................................................

1.2.0. OBJECTIVES OF STUDY......................................................................................

1.3.0. FOCUS OF STUDY.................................................................................................

1.4.0. SCOPE OF STUDY..................................................................................................

1.5.0. METHODOLOGY....................................................................................................

1.6.0. LITERATURE REVIEW.........................................................................................

1.7.0. DEFINITION OF TERMS.......................................................................................

1.8.0. CONCLUSION.........................................................................................................

CHAPTER TWO

THE RULE OF LAW UNDER ISLAMIC LAW

2.0.0. INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................

2.1.0. HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE RULE OF LAW UNDER ISLAMIC LAW.

2.2.0. HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE CONVENTIONAL RULE OF LAW..........

2.3.0. AN OVERVIEW OF THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS OF THOUGHTS IN ISLAM....

2.3.0.1. THE HANAFI SCHOOL OF THOUGHT …………..............................................

2.3.0.2. THE MALIKI SCHOOL OF THOUGHT................................................................

 2.3.0.3 THE SHAFI’I SCHOOL OF THOUGHT................................................................

2.3.0.4. THE AMBALI SCHOOL OF THOUGHT............................................................

2.4.0. CONCLUSION............................................................................................................

CHAPTER THREE

THE MUSLIM STATE

3.0.0 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................

3.1.0. HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE MUSLIM STATE......................................

3.1.0.1. WHO IS A MUSLIM?.............................................................................................

3.2.0. CHARACTERISTICS OF A MUSLIM STATE.....................................................

3.3.0. THE ROLE OF A MUSLIM STATE........................................................................

3.4.0. CONCLUSION............................................................................................................

CHAPTER FOUR

JURISTIC APPROACH TO THE DOCTRINE OF RULE OF LAW IN ISLAM

4.0.0. INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................

4.1.0. PROPHETIC APPROACH TO THE DOCTRINE OF RULE OF LAW..................

4.2.0. EARLY JURISTIC APPROACH.............................................................................

4.3.0 MODERN JURISTIC APPROACH..........................................................................

4.4.0. AREAS OF OVERLAP.............................................................................................

4.5.0. CONCLUSION……………………………………………………………………....

CHAPTER FIVE

GENERAL CONCLUSION

5.0.0. SUMMARY/CONCLUSION......................................................................................

5.1.0. RECOMMENDATION..............................................................................................

BIBLIOGRAPHY...............................................................................................................

ARTICLES IN JOURNALS..............................................................................................

ARTICLES ON THE INTERNET....................................................................................

BOOKS................................................................................................................................

NEWSPAPER REPORT ON THE INTERNET.............................................................

THESIS…………………………………………………………………………................