Judith Surkis is Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She is author of Sexing the Citizen.

• Introduction1. Bodies of French Algerian Law2. Polygamy, Public Order, and Property3. Making the "Muslim Family"4. Civilization, the Civil Code, and "Child Marriage"5. Special Mœurs and Military Exceptions6. Conversion, Mixed Marriage, and the Corporealization of Law7. The Sexual Politics of Legal Reform8. Colonial Literature and Customary LawEpilogue: Sex and the CentenaryBibliography

Surkis combines her careful combing of case files with an equally painstaking review of legal texts, press reports and novels... This approach not only makes the work immensely readable, but also ensures its significant contribution across a number of fields, including histories of gender, law, empire, and emotions.(The Journal of North African Studies)

Judith Surkis is Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She is author of Sexing the Citizen.

• Introduction1. Bodies of French Algerian Law2. Polygamy, Public Order, and Property3. Making the "Muslim Family"4. Civilization, the Civil Code, and "Child Marriage"5. Special Mœurs and Military Exceptions6. Conversion, Mixed Marriage, and the Corporealization of Law7. The Sexual Politics of Legal Reform8. Colonial Literature and Customary LawEpilogue: Sex and the CentenaryBibliography

Surkis combines her careful combing of case files with an equally painstaking review of legal texts, press reports and novels... This approach not only makes the work immensely readable, but also ensures its significant contribution across a number of fields, including histories of gender, law, empire, and emotions.(The Journal of North African Studies)

Judith Surkis is Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She is author of Sexing the Citizen.

• Introduction1. Bodies of French Algerian Law2. Polygamy, Public Order, and Property3. Making the "Muslim Family"4. Civilization, the Civil Code, and "Child Marriage"5. Special Mœurs and Military Exceptions6. Conversion, Mixed Marriage, and the Corporealization of Law7. The Sexual Politics of Legal Reform8. Colonial Literature and Customary LawEpilogue: Sex and the CentenaryBibliography

Surkis combines her careful combing of case files with an equally painstaking review of legal texts, press reports and novels... This approach not only makes the work immensely readable, but also ensures its significant contribution across a number of fields, including histories of gender, law, empire, and emotions.(The Journal of North African Studies)