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

ISBN-13: 9781108965705 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 250 str.

Mark Fathi Massoud

Opis

Shari'a, Inshallah shows how people have used shari'a to struggle for peace, justice, and human rights in Somalia and Somaliland.

Recenzje

'Shari'a, Ishallah is a timely book that contributes to the analysis of law in an understudied context. Scholars of legal pluralism and Islamic law and politics will benefit from its empirical contributions to the study of religion and law.' Katherine, Law and Social Inquiry

Spis treści

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.