Muslim Law Courts and the French Colonial State in Algeria - Allan Christelow - Hardcover

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. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 10 Preface......Page 8 List of Tables......Page 14 Note on the Transcription of Arabic......Page 16 Note on Abbreviations......Page 17 Introduction......Page 26 1 The Geographical and Historical Context and the Lines of Institutional Change......Page 51 2 Saintly Justice: The Majlis of Mascara, 1853-1856......Page 66 3 The Urban Milieu: Social "Decadence" and Its Judicial Underpinnings......Page 105 4 Muslim Legists and the "Moral Conquest"......Page 130 5 Intervention and Crisis, 1854-1859......Page 157 6 From Crisis to Rebellion to Compromise, 1860-1866......Page 188 7 Those Who Succeeded......Page 211 8 Toward a Definitive Compromise: Politics and the Muslim Court Question in the 1880s......Page 246 9 The Aftermath: Algerians as Colonialists and Frenchmen as 'Ulama......Page 267 Conclusion......Page 285 Biographical Notes......Page 298 Archival Sources......Page 306 Bibliography......Page 313 Index......Page 326 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 This fine study will interest scholars concerned with the third world and the nature of bureaucratic transformation. Its use of unpublished archives shows how the Algerian judiciary reflected and responded to the politics of the colonialism.