Shari''a, Inshallah - Finding God in Somali Legal Politics

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Embracing Shari'a and the Rule of Law; Part I. Colonialism and Its Aftermath, 1884-1991: 2. Contesting Shari'a: Colonial Legal Politics; 3. Constraining Shari'a: Postcolonial Legal Politics; Part II. Struggles of a Broken Nation, 1991-2021: 4. Restoring Shari'a: Islamic Courts in a Shattered Somalia; 5. Integrating Shari'a: Legal Politics in Somaliland; 6. Reclaiming Shari'a: Women's Activism in Somaliland; 7. The Rule of Law, Inshallah.

About the author

Mark Fathi Massoud is Professor of Politics and Legal Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of Law's Fragile State: Colonial, Authoritarian, and Humanitarian Legacies in Sudan. He has held Carnegie, Guggenheim, and Mellon Foundation Fellowships.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Fathi Massoud, Mark Fathi (University of California Massoud, Massoud Mark Fathi
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.05.2021
• EAN: 9781108832786
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83278-6
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, HISTORY / Africa / General, Religion & politics, Islamic Law, African History, Religion and Politics, Systems of law: Islamic law, Law & society, LAW / Islamic, Law and society, sociology of law