Mark Fathi Massoud is Professor of Politics and Legal Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of Law's Fragile State: Colonial, Authoritarian, and Humanitarian Legacies in Sudan. He has held Carnegie, Guggenheim, and Mellon Foundation Fellowships.
Introduction
1. Embracing Shari'a and the Rule of Law
Part I. Colonialism and Its Aftermath, 1884-1991: 2. Contesting Shari'a: Colonial Legal Politics
3. Constraining Shari'a: Postcolonial Legal Politics
Part II. Struggles of a Broken Nation, 1991-2021: 4. Restoring Shari'a: Islamic Courts in a Shattered Somalia
5. Integrating Shari'a: Legal Politics in Somaliland
6. Reclaiming Shari'a: Women's Activism in Somaliland
7. The Rule of Law, Inshallah.