“Law of the Land”
Let every person be subject to the ibn Tumart. For there is no authority except from Him, and those that exist have been instituted by Him or his predecessors. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what the ibn Tumart has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.
I DECREE ALL PEOPLE OF THE RASH’ANI, shall affirm by oath and covenant that he shall be loyal to the Amir, both within and without all of Rash’ani, and related possessions, that he shall preserve with him his lands and honor with all fidelity and defend him against his enemies.
TO ALL FREE PEOPLE OF THE RASH’ANI, the Amir has also granted, for us and our heirs forever, all the liberties written out below, to have and to keep for them and their heirs, of us and our heirs:
1. All citizens must uphold the given laws of Rash’ani. One is not free of these laws due to sex, social, or religious class. All grievances and judgment on lesser crimes shall be in accordance with the Law of the Land, or deemed other by the ibn Tumart.
2. The al-Jama'a al-'Ashara and the appointed Viziers, and those in their service have the right to make arrests, with the authority vested in them by the Amir, of all persons, no matter of station or religious affiliations. They shall present the Amir’s warrant when entering places of worship, and be diligent in observing caution and discretion in matters that call upon matters that require a higher level of discerning to dispense justice.
3. All people have the right to petition their Governors on local lands for a say in grievances and expect an appropriate resolution to be the outcome.
4. Governors may oversee judgment on petty crimes, with all decisions on any matter presented to the Vizier to be recorded in the annuals of legal matters.
5. The Law of the Land shall be divided in two: High Justice and Low Justice. When it came to laws, many of them involved punishments to fit crimes. Right and wrong were most likely clearly defined, and doing 'wrong' was not just a general bad idea, but it brought disgrace on one's entire family. Punishments for wrong doing were as lax as caning or as severe as dismemberment or various executions.
High Justice:
Murder, rape, treason, crimes against royal officials or other nobility, Brigandage, similar crimes that occur a multiplicity of times, abductions, ransoms, affairs concerning children, or abuses of station, privilege, or grievous abuses of one person to another, or the abuse of animals such as those for livelihood shall be seen as High Justice and are at the dispensing of the Grand Vizier to oversee or be overseen by elected persons deemed worthy to judge such. The final appeal is the Amir.
Due Process:
All people suspected of High Justice crimes have the right to a final hearing before the Grand Vizier with witnesses and a small assembly of peers to determine guilt or innocence in due process. When a person is accused of something, both accused and accuser must be present at a hearing on the matter. Also, if both parties don't show up for a hearing, the appointed judge is free to rule in favor of the party that did show up. It also says that if a person fails to show up as a trial witness, then that person shall never again be allowed to be a witness. Most importantly, it says that a person shown to have lied in hearing shall be put to death.
Punishment:
High Justice crimes are punishable by prolonged sentences of imprisonment and in some instance by death. Only the Amir may sentence anyone to death.
Low Justice:
Petty theft, assault, slander, gossip, issues of morality where a party brings complaints of adultery to be heard and fined, and minor business infractions between merchants, all of these things shall be considered "Affairs of the Vizier".
Affairs of the Vizier:
Viziers may redress grievances on their lands with institution of fines, resolving thefts, solving disputes among common persons such as assaults, slander, gossip, and issues of local morality that tantamount to low justice living on their land with clear, sound judgment as befits them when representing the law.
One may take an ”Affairs of the Vizier" judgment to the Grand Vizier’s Court for appeal, but be advised the ruling Vizier's judgment shall not be overturned without proper reason or evidence.
6. Freedmen of all classes are entitled to religious freedom to practice faith as they see fit, to celebrate ritual and observe rites of that faith. All practices are allowed religious toleration, so long as the practice does not defy established laws or cause great harm/loss of life.
Quote:
”The Laws written by the ibn Tumart and proffered by Him upon His Command, shall be written here.
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