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Shari'a, inshallah : finding god in Somali legal politics / Mark Fathi Massoud, University of California, Santa Cruz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Massoud, Mark Fathi, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in law and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--Somalia--Islamic influences.
- Law.
- Justice, Administration of--Somaliland (Secessionist government, 1991- ).
- Justice, Administration of.
- Justice, Administration of--Somalia.
- Law--Somaliland (Secessionist government, 1991- )--Islamic influences.
- Somalia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 362 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- 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 human rights. Lawyers, community leaders, and activists throughout the Horn of Africa have invoked God to oppose colonialism, resist dictators, expel warlords, and to fight for gender equality - all critical steps on the path to the rule of law. Shari'a, Inshallah traces the most dramatic moments of legal change, political collapse, and reconstruction in Somalia and Somaliland. Massoud upends the conventional account of secular legal progress and demonstrates instead how faith in a higher power guides people toward the rule of law.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 May 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781108965989
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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