Islamic modern : religious courts and cultural politics in Malaysia

Islamic modern : religious courts and cultural politics in Malaysia /

How do Islamic courts work? What sorts of cultural understandings inform judicial process and litigants' strategies? How do women's claims fare? Do these courts promote social tolerance? And how do states use them to consolidate power, build nations, and shape a modern citizenry? These are...

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Main Author: Peletz, Michael G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2002.
Series:Princeton studies in Muslim politics
Subjects:
Islamic courts > Malaysia.
11.80 Islam: general.
86.14 Islamic law.
86.15 judicial organization.
Islamic courts.
Social conditions
Gerichtsverfassung
Islam.
Kulturpolitik
Hofcultuur.
Droit islamique > Malaisie.
Tribunaux islamiques > Malaisie.
Malaysia > Social conditions.
Malaysia.
Table of Contents:
  • PART ONE. THE CULTURE, POLITICAL ECONOMY, AND HISTORY OF THE ISLAMIC COURTS
  • Locating Islamic Magistrates and Their Courts in History
  • The Work of the Courts
  • Litigant Strategies and Patterns of Resistance
  • PART TWO. MODERNITY AND GOVERNMENTALITY IN ISLAMIC COURTS AND OTHER DOMAINS
  • Reinscribing Authenticity and Identity
  • Producing Good Subjects, "Asian Values," and New Types of Criminality.

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