Muslim Law Courts and the French Colonial State in Algeria

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. The **Princeton Legacy Library** uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. 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. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905 PREFACE CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES TRANSCRIPTION OF ARABIC NOTE ON ABBREVIATIONS GLOSSARY INTRODUCTION 1. The Geographical and Historical Context and the Lines of Institutional Change 2. Saintly Justice: the Majlis of Mascara, 1853-1856 3. The Urban Milieu: Social "Decadence" and its Judicial Underpinnings 4. Muslim Legists and the "Moral Conquest" 5. Intervention and Crisis, 1854-1859 6. From Crisis to Rebellion to Compromise, 1860-1866 7. Those Who Succeeded 8. Toward a Definitive Compromise: Politics and the Muslim Court Question in the 1880s 9. The Aftermath: Algerians as Colonialists and Frenchmen as 'Ulama CONCLUSION BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ARCHIVAL SOURCES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX