By Sohaira Siddiqui (Georgetown University in Qatar) This essay is part of the Islamic Law Blog’s Roundtable on Islamic Legal History & Historiography, edited by Intisar Rabb (Editor-in-Chief) and Mariam … Continue reading Rethinking Dichotomies: Beyond Continuity and Rupture in Islamic Law in the Colonial Period
This is part 6 and the final post of a six-part series of posts that will examine Anglo-Muhammadan law in the courts of British India. Due to the generally unexplored … Continue reading A Few Concluding Remarks on Anglo-Muhammadan Law
This is part 5 of a six-part series of posts that will examine Anglo-Muhammadan law in the courts of British India. Court Case: Muhammadan law and Construction of Instrument of … Continue reading Shifting Tides in the Application of Islamic Law: Muslim Judges on Colonial Benches
This is part 4 of a six-part series of posts that will examine Anglo-Muhammadan law in the courts of British India. In the last two blog entries I explored how … Continue reading Overturning Islamic Law: Right of Guardianship of a Minor
This is part 3 of a six-part series of posts that will examine Anglo-Muhammadan law in the courts of British India. Case 2: Non-Application of Islamic Law through “Justice, Equity … Continue reading Anglo-Muhammadan Law and “Justice, Equity and Good Conscience” Continued
This is part 2 of a six-part series of posts that will examine Anglo-Muhammadan law in the courts of British India. As noted in the introductory blog post, the application … Continue reading Anglo-Muhammadan Law and “Justice, Equity and Good Conscience”
This is part 1 of a six-part series of posts that will examine Anglo-Muhammadan law in the courts of British India. For this month’s series, I will examine the rise … Continue reading The Birth of Anglo-Muhammadan Law in India
