This need for a new study of Islamic jurisprudence...

This need for a new study of Islamic jurisprudence, its classification and rearrangement, on the basis of categorizing laws as general and individual, is even rendered more urgent by the emergence of an Islamic state and the call for the Islamic enterprises as an alternative to the laws and systems of secularism; such as, capitalism and the likes of it. We are in a situation whereby the Islamists are requested to present the Islamic alternative as a project capable of theorizing and law making.

For the benefit of the reader, we will mention the division of general and individual laws, indicating whether the state, in the relations regulated by these legal sub-divisions, acts as a sovereign or not, while dealing with individuals and other states. Division of General Law: General law can be divided into many sections, some of which are mentioned below: 1- International General Law: "is a set of legal…