A discussion by Intisar Rabb (Harvard Law School) and Abigail Balbale (Bard Graduate Center) of their book Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts (Harvard University Press, 2017), with comments by William Graham (Harvard University), Cemal Kefadar (Harvard University), and Ahmed Al Shamsy (University of Chicago). Co-sponsored by the International Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School, the Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School, the Department of History, and the Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program.