Iza R. Hussin <br/><br/>
The Politics of Islamic Law:  Local Elites, Colonial Authority, and the Making of the Muslim State 

 - viii, 351 p.,  ill.;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-344) and index. 
<br/><br/>Part I. Contexts -- The historical roots of a contemporary puzzle -- Mapping the transformation -- Part II. Treaties, trials and representations -- The irony of jurisdiction: whose law is Islamic law? -- Trying Islamic law : trials in and of Islamic law -- Making the Muslim state : Islamic law and the politics of representation -- Part III. The paradox of Islamic law -- The colonial politics of Islamic law -- The contemporary politics of Islamic law. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226323343 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Islamic law--History<br/>Islam and politics<br/>Islam and state