Hussin, Iza R.,

The politics of Islamic law : local elites, colonial authority, and the making of the Muslim state / Iza R. Hussin. - viii, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-344) and index.

Part I. Contexts -- The historical roots of a contemporary puzzle -- Mapping the transformation -- Part II. Treaties, trials and representations -- The irony of jurisdiction: whose law is Islamic law? -- Trying Islamic law : trials in and of Islamic law -- Making the Muslim state : Islamic law and the politics of representation -- Part III. The paradox of Islamic law -- The colonial politics of Islamic law -- The contem porary politics of Islamic law.

9780226323343 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2015-033818


Islamic law--History.
Islam and politics.
Islam and state.

340.59