Everyday Islamic Law and the Making of Modern South Asia

Author/Contributor(s):	Lhost, Elizabeth
Publisher:	University of North Carolina Press
Date:	07/12/2022
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

"Beginning in the late eighteenth century, British rule transformed the relationship between law, society, and the state in South Asia. But qazis and muftis, alongside ordinary people without formal training in law, fought back as the colonial system in India sidelined Islamic legal experts. Following these developments from the beginning of the Raj through independence, Elizabeth Lhost rejects narratives of stagnation and decline to show how an unexpected coterie of scholars, practitioners, and ordinary individuals negotiated the contests and challenges of colonial legal change"--