Shari'a, Inshallah

Finding God in Somali Legal Politics

AvMark Fathi Massoud

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-05-27
Mått:160 x 230 x 25 mm
Vikt:690 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
Antal sidor:390
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781108832786

Utforska kategorier

Lag och samhälle inom Juridik
Afrikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

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.

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'An invaluable, brave, and insightful contribution.' American Political Science Association Ralph J. Bunche Award Citation

Innehållsförteckning

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.