Mustapha Shehu Sheka

AN EXAMINATION OF THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF MALIKI SCHOOL OF LAW: CONTRIBUTIONS AND CHALLENGES

The Maliki School of Law is one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence. It was founded by Malik Ibn Anas in the 8th century. The school relies on the Qur’an and Hadith as primary sources. Unlike other schools of jurisprudence, it also considers the practice of the people of Madina, such as Maslaha and Sad aL dhari’a among others, to be ...

AN EXAMINATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRINCIPLE OF NON-INTERVENTION UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW

The principle of non-intervention has its origin as far back as medieval period. It is a well-established principle of customary international law. Its purpose is to limit illegal involvement of one country in the affairs of others in the ordinary course of relationship among civilized nations. That is to say, states are sovereign and free from int...