TY  - BOOK
AU  - Voorhoeve,Maaike
TI  - Family law in Islam: divorce, marriage and women in the Muslim world 
T2  - Library of Islamic law
SN  - 9780857721273
AV  - KBP540.3 
U1  - 346.167015 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - London
PB  - I.B. Tauris
KW  - Muslim women
KW  - Divorce
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Islam
KW  - Domestic relations (Islamic law)
KW  - Islamic courts
KW  - Musulmanes
KW  - Aspect religieux
KW  - Tribunaux islamiques
KW  - Family law
KW  - bic
KW  - LAW
KW  - Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - FAMILY LAW
KW  - unbist
KW  - MUSLIMS
KW  - DIVORCE
KW  - MARRIAGE
KW  - MUSLIM WOMEN
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; NOTES ON TRANSLITERATION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION -- Baudouin Dupret and Maaike Voorhoeve; DISCOURSES ON THE LAW; 1. 'SHE BRINGS UP HEALTHY CHILDREN FOR THE HOMELAND': MORALITY DISCOURSES IN YEMENI LEGAL DEBATES -- Susanne Dahlgren; 2. RECLAIMING CHANGES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY PUBLIC SPHERE: DRUZE WOMEN'S ACTIVISM. PERSONAL STATUS LAW AND THE QUEST FOR LEBANESE MULTIPLE CITIZENSHIP -- Massimo di Ricco; 3. WHAT A FOCUS ON 'FAMILY' MEANS IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN -- Arzoo Osanloo; 4. RETHINKING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FORMAL AND INFORMAL MARRIAGES IN EGYPT -- Nadia Sonneveld; DISCOURSES OF THE LAW5. WAITING TO WIN: FAMILY DISPUTES, COURT REFORM, AND THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF DELAY -- Christine Hegel-Cantarella; 6. DIVORCE PRACTICES IN MUSLIM AND CHRISTIAN COURTS IN SYRIA -- Esther van Eijk; 7. MAKTUB: AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF EVIDENCE IN A TUNISIAN DIVORCE COURT -- Sarah Vincent-Grosso; 8. JUDICIAL DISCRETION IN TUNISIAN PERSONAL STATUS LAW -- Maaike Voorhoeve; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
N2  - In both the West and throughout the Muslim world, Islamic family law is a highly - and hotly - debated topic. In the Muslim World, the discussions at the heart of these debates are often primarily concerned with the extent to which classical Islamic family law should be implemented in the national legal system, and the impact this has on society. "Family Law in Islam" highlights these discussions by looking at public debates and legal practice. Using a range of contemporary examples, from polygamy to informal marriage (zawaj 'urfi), and from divorce with mutual agreement (khul') to j
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