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" MUJALLAH AND ITS FORERUNNERS MUJALLAH AND ITS FORE‑RUNNERS   BY   DR. NASIM HASAN SHAH, M.A.LL.B.,   DOCTEUR EN DROIT (PARIS)   Senior Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan     The study of Hundred Maxims taken from the Mujallah and so felici tously translated into English by Mr. Justice A. R. Cornelius, Chief Justice, Supreme Court P L D 1966 Jour. 49 (104) has vividly spot‑lighted the existence of a highly developed legal system. Throughout the country there is a persistent demand that the laws in force in Pakistan should be Islamic laws otherwise the struggle for carving out Pakistan from the sub‑continent of India will have been in vain and practically of no meaning. The amendment made in the Article 1 of our new Constitution (by the first Constitutional Amendment) whereby the word "Islamic" has been ‑re‑introduced in the name of the Republic of Pakistan is merely the Legislative recognition of the deep desire of the people in the country to establish an Islamic Polity wherein rule is in accordance with the laws of Shariat.   It cannot be denied that a considerable number of highly educated and well meaning people are genuinely convinced that in the modern age on account of the tremendous evolution in human relationships and the advances in science, technology' and .the increasing complexity of transactions any attempt to "revert" to Shariat laws is neither desirable nor practicable. . I believe that this belief is engendered due to lack of full knowledge of the great work done by Muslim jurists on every branch of law. A slight acquain tance with these works can satisfy the sceptics that with serious effort the task is well within reach.   In this connection I wish to…