DEMOCRACY,HUMAN RIGHTS AND ADMINISRATION OF JUSTICE UNDER ISLAMIC LAW

Following the American and France revolutions of 1776 and 1789 respectively, the paradigms shift became complete introducing a new political Philosophy of constitutional democracy where by a concept of government for the people, by the people and of the people was born. Henceforth Europe, and in the 20th century United State of America made it their responsibility to universalize the adoption of the philosophy through the medium of League of Nations and United Nations. At the same time the rule of Law and human rights had come to be accepted by some states as the basis of organized society, they remained largely undefined and were certainly not universally applied. J. Schumpter, in his attempt to defined Democracy said