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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"--

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Yahaya, Nurfadzilah, 1980- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca Cornell University Press 2020
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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