Al-Andalus Chair: 'The administration of justice in al-Andalus in the Almoravid period'.

Lecture given by Professor Rachid El Hour on the administration of justice in al-Andalus

The study of law and legal institutions in the Islamic West has developed considerably in recent times due to the large number of Arabic legal sources that have been published and translated. However, there is a lack of exclusive studies dedicated to key figures such as the cadi, or judge, in order to understand the evolution of the administration of justice in al-Andalus, and its specific characteristics in this territory and in the Islamic West.

The aim of this new session of the Chair of al-Andalus is to offer a more specific approach to the judicial organisation and the administration of justice during the Almoravid period. To this end, we will have the lecture given by the lecturer Rachid El HourArabist and historian and Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Salamanca. El Hour is also the author of several works on the subject, such as The Almoravid judicial administration in al-Andalus. Elites, negotiations and confrontation (2006) o Cadis and Cadihood in al-Andalus and the Medieval Maghreb (2012). These are just some of his works that have contributed to the knowledge of a field -that of law- that serves to deepen our understanding of the history of al-Andalus.

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This activity is subsidised by the Junta de Andalucía, within the framework of the subsidy granted by the Consejería de la Presidencia, Interior, Diálogo Social y Simplificación Administrativa (Regional Ministry of the Presidency, Interior, Social Dialogue and Administrative Simplification).