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Book SynopsisAllan 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 previo
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*PREFACE, pg. vii*CONTENTS, pg. ix*LIST OF TABLES, pg. xiii*TRANSCRIPTION OF ARABIC, pg. xv*NOTE ON ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xvi*GLOSSARY, pg. xix*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*1. The Geographical and Historical Context and the Lines of Institutional Change, pg. 28*2. Saintly Justice: the Majlis of Mascara, 1853-1856, pg. 43*3. The Urban Milieu: Social "Decadence" and its Judicial Underpinnings, pg. 82*4. Muslim Legists and the "Moral Conquest", pg. 107*5. Intervention and Crisis, 1854-1859, pg. 134*6. From Crisis to Rebellion to Compromise, 1860-1866, pg. 165*7. Those Who Succeeded, pg. 188*8. Toward a Definitive Compromise: Politics and the Muslim Court Question in the 1880s, pg. 223*9. The Aftermath: Algerians as Colonialists and Frenchmen as 'Ulama, pg. 244*CONCLUSION, pg. 262*BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES, pg. 275*ARCHIVAL SOURCES, pg. 283*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 290*INDEX, pg. 303
