Governing Islam: Law and Religion in Colonial India

This dissertation charts how the legal regulation of Islam in colonial India fostered a conception of religion that focused on dividing it from secular economy and politics. Colonial law segregated religious law from other branches of law through intersecting binaries that pitted religion against re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stephens, Julia Anne
Other Authors: Bose, Sugata
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2013
Subjects:
law
Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10842
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:10947433