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Intertwined Histories: Islamic Law and Western Imperialism

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2024

Jane F. Collier
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Law & Society Review , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , 1994 , pp. 395 - 408
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Copyright © 1997 by The Law and Society Association.

Footnotes

I would like to thank Joel Beinen, George Collier, John Comaroff, Saba Mahmood, Bill Maurer, Sally Merry, and Barbara Yngvesson for their helpful comments on earlier drafts. They are in no way responsible for problems that remain.

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