The semi-autonomous judge in colonial India

Through a survey of 19 leading cases on Islamic dower and divorce between 1855 and 1924, this article explores the ways in which judges acted as semi-autonomous agents by undermining the colonial legislation and personal law treatises they were expected to apply. Contrary to the view that colonial j...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Indian economic and social history review 2009-01, Vol.46 (1), p.57-81
1. Verfasser:	Sharafi, Mitra
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Colonialism Divorce Husbands India Judges Legislation Muslims Polygamy Wives
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