Sex, Law, and Sovereignty in French Algeria, 1830-1930

Sex, Law, and Sovereignty in French Algeria, 1830-1930

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Author/Contributor(s): Surkis, Judith
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Date: 12/15/2019
Binding: Paperback
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During more than a century of colonial rule over Algeria, the French state shaped and reshaped the meaning and practice of Muslim law by regulating it and circumscribing it to the domain of family law, while applying the French Civil Code to appropriate the property of Algerians. In Sex, Law, and Sovereignty in French Algeria, 1830-1930, Judith...