In the shadow of sharīʻah : Islam, Islamic law, and democracy in Pakistan / Mathew J. Nelson.

By: Nelson, Matthew JMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, c2011Description: xxxii, 337 p. cmISBN: 9780231700726 (alk. paper); 9780231800587 (eISBN)Subject(s): Land tenure (Islamic law) -- Pakistan | Inheritance and succession (Islamic law) -- Pakistan | Islamic law -- Pakistan | Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Pakistan -- History | Inheritance and succession -- Pakistan -- History | Land reform -- Pakistan | Democracy -- PakistanDDC classification: 346.54910432 LOC classification: KPL659 | .N45 2011
Contents:
Who owns the land? (1849-1900) : revenue administration, legal administration, and rural indebtedness -- Who inherits the land? (1900-1947) : Hindu law, Muslim law, customary law, and nationalism -- From colonial Punjab to postcolonial Pakistan : independence, partition, authoritarianism, and democracy -- Who controls the land? (1947-1999) : land reform, law reform, and the logic of local politics -- The logic of local politics in Lahore, Sialkot and Sargodha -- Microfoundational mechanisms and comparative politics.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-302) and index.

Who owns the land? (1849-1900) : revenue administration, legal administration, and rural indebtedness -- Who inherits the land? (1900-1947) : Hindu law, Muslim law, customary law, and nationalism -- From colonial Punjab to postcolonial Pakistan : independence, partition, authoritarianism, and democracy -- Who controls the land? (1947-1999) : land reform, law reform, and the logic of local politics -- The logic of local politics in Lahore, Sialkot and Sargodha -- Microfoundational mechanisms and comparative politics.

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