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Fluid jurisdictions colonial law and Arabs in Southeast Asia
"Explores how the Arab diaspora's ambiguous embrace of European colonial authority in Southeast Asia extended colonial jurisdictions across the Indian Ocean from the late nineteenth century onwards"--
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Ithaca
Cornell University Press
2020
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Establishing Legal Domain
- The Lure of Bureaucracy: British Administration of Islamic Law in the Straits Settlements
- Surat Kuasa: Powers of Attorney Across the Indian Ocean
- Resident Aliens: Exclusions of Arabs in the Netherlands Indies
- Legal Incompetence: Jurisdictional Complications in the Netherlands Indies
- Constructing the Index of Arabs: Colonial Imaginaries in Southeast Asia
- The Limitations of Diasporic Religious Trusts