Muslim law courts and the French colonial state in Algeria / by Allan Christelow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Christelow, Allan, 1947- author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic courts--Algeria--History.

Islamic courts.

Algeria--History--1830-1962.

Algeria.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton ; Guildford : Princeton University Press, [1985]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Allan Christelow examines the Muslim courts of Algeria from 1854, when the French first intervened in Islamic legal matters, through the gradual subordination of the courts and judges that went on until World War I.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES

TRANSCRIPTION OF ARABIC

NOTE ON ABBREVIATIONS

GLOSSARY

INTRODUCTION

1. The Geographical and Historical Context and the Lines of Institutional Change

2. Saintly Justice: the Majlis of Mascara, 1853-1856

3. The Urban Milieu: Social "Decadence" and its Judicial Underpinnings

4. Muslim Legists and the "Moral Conquest"

5. Intervention and Crisis, 1854-1859

6. From Crisis to Rebellion to Compromise, 1860-1866

7. Those Who Succeeded

8. Toward a Definitive Compromise: Politics and the Muslim Court Question in the 1880s

9. The Aftermath: Algerians as Colonialists and Frenchmen as 'Ulama

CONCLUSION

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

ARCHIVAL SOURCES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 290-302.

ISBN:

9780691639819

0691639817

9781400854998

1400854997

9780691611846

069161184X

OCLC:

884013465