Shari'a, inshallah finding god in Somali legal politics

Western analysts have long denigrated Islamic states as antagonistic, even antithetical, to the rule of law. Mark Fathi Massoud tells a different story: for nearly 150 years, the Somali people have embraced shari'a, commonly translated as Islamic law, in the struggle for national identity and h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Massoud, Mark Fathi (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press 2021.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Cambridge studies in law and society.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b44908611*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Embracing Shari'a and the rule of law
  • Contesting Shari'a : colonial legal politics
  • Constraining Shari'a : postcolonial legal politics
  • Restoring Shari'a : Islamic courts in a shattered Somalia
  • Integrating Shari'a : legal politics in Somaliland
  • Reclaiming Shari'a : women's activism in Somaliland
  • The rule of law, Inshallah.