Councils without Customs, Qadis without States: Property and Community in the Algerian Touat

Abstract This article investigates relations between qadis and local assemblies in the Touat in the Algerian Sahara. It argues that both drew on an Islamic framework of reference, even though they were frequently obliged to conjugate universal legal injunctions with local notions of overriding commu...

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Main Author: Scheele, Judith (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2010
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 2010, Volume: 17, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 350-374
Further subjects:B SAHARA
B ASSEMBLIES
B IRRIGATION
B QADIS
B Property
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