Muslim Law Courts and the French Colonial State in Algeria (Princeton Legacy Library, 39) - Tapa dura

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.

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