The Politics of Islamic Law
Local Elites, Colonial Authority, and the Making of the Muslim State
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Part One: Contexts
Chapter One: The Historical Roots of a Contemporary Puzzle
Chapter Two: Mapping the Transformation
Part Two: Treaties, Trials and Representations
Chapter Three: The Irony of Jurisdiction: Whose Law Is Islamic Law?
Chapter Four: Trying Islamic Law: Trials in and of Islamic Law
Chapter Five: Making the Muslim State: Islamic Law and the Politics of Representation
Part Three: The Paradox of Islamic Law
Chapter Six: The Colonial Politics of Islamic Law
Chapter Seven: The Contemporary Politics of Islamic Law
References
APSA Politics and History Section: J. David Greenstone Book Award
Finalist
Asian Studies: South Asia
Law and Legal Studies: Law and Society
Political Science: Comparative Politics
Religion: Islam
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