Matthew S. Erie

China and Islam

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first ethnographic study of Muslim minorities' practice of Islamic law in contemporary China.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 678g
• ISBN-13: 9781107670112
• ISBN-10: 110767011X
• Artikelnr.: 48095128

Autorenporträt

Matthew S. Erie, an anthropologist and a lawyer, is an associate professor of Modern Chinese Studies at the University of Oxford. His earlier works on law and society have appeared in publications such as Law and Social Inquiry, the Hong Kong Law Journal, and the Oxford Encyclopedia of Islamic Law. He has lived and studied in China and the Middle East, and has practiced law in New York City and Beijing.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the Party-State enters the mosque
1. History, the Chinese state, and Islamic law
2. Linxia at the crossroads
3. Ritual lawfare
4. Learning the law
5. Wedding laws
6. Moral economies
7. Procedural justice
Conclusion: law, minjian, and the ends of anthropology.