Navigating Colonial Power: Challenging Precedents and the Limitation of Local Elites
Abstract In 1869, the British allowed Muslims to sit as judges on the High Court. This article explores the legal opinions of the first Muslim judge to be appointed to the High Court, Syed Mahmood. Straddling two competing worlds – that of Cambridge University and that of his native India – Justice...
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Islamic law and society
Year: 2019, Volume: 26, Issue: 3, Pages: 272-312 |
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