Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 399 pages)
ISBN:
9780203096857
,
9781136220180
,
9781136220135
,
9781136220173
Content:
1. Introduction : the Circle of Justice -- 2. Mesopotamia : "that the strong might not oppress the weak" -- 3. Persia : "the deeds God likes best are righteousness and justice" -- 4. The Islamic empire : "no prosperity without justice and good administration" -- 5. Politics in transition : "curb the strong from riding on the weak" -- 6. The Turks and Islamic civilization : "the most penetrating of arrows is the prayer of the oppressed" -- 7. Mongols and Turks : "fierce toward offenders, and in judgements just" -- 8. Early modern empires : "the world is a garden, its wall is the state" -- 9. Modernization and revolution : "no justice without law applied equally to all" -- 10. The Middle East in the twentieth century : "the regime will endure with unbelief but not with injustice."
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [310]-382) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415503617
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415503624
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415503617
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203096857
