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.

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

• 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.

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.

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

• 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.

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.

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

• 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.