Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-353) and index.
Contents
Dhimmīs, Sharīʻah, and empire -- Reason, contract, and the obligation to obey : the Dhimmī as legal subject -- Pluralism, Dhimmī rules, and the regulation of difference -- The rationale of empire and the hegemony of law -- Sharīʻa as rule of law -- The Dhimmī rules in the post-colonial Muslim state -- Religious minorities and the empire of law.
