The politics of Islamic law : local elites, colonial authority, and the making of the Muslim state - Hussin, Iza R. (Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-344) and index.
Keywords: Islamic law -- History; Islam and politics; Islam and state