An bayyana shi a matsayin "tsarin dokoki", a matsayin "ma'anar fassara" don cimma adalci, a matsayin "ikon" don yin sulhu da bukatun mutane, har ma a matsayin "umurnin mai mulki, wanda ke goyon bayan barazanar takunkumi". Duk da haka mutum yana son yin tunani game da doka, yana da wata ƙungiya ta zamantakewa gaba ɗaya. Dokar shari'a ta haɗa da bayyanar aiki na tunani daga kusan dukkanin ilimin zamantakewar al'umma da kuma tsarin siyasa na ilimin bil'adama.
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