However, a thorough and detailed legal system generally requires human elaboration. For instance, the Quran has some law, and it acts as a source of further law through interpretation, Qiyas , Ijma and precedent. This is mainly contained in a body of law and jurisprudence known as Sharia and Fiqh respectively. Another example is the Torah or Old Testament, in the Pentateuch or Five Books of Moses.

  • In other words, although the strict style always carried symbolic associations of law and order, this law had different implications at different times.
  • In other words, understanding a particular action requires applying the theory’s laws and deriving a solution.
  • The idea of estoppel or culpa in contrahendo, can be used to create obligations during pre-contractual negotiations.
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