Women's rights and Islamic family law : perspectives on reform / edited by Lynn Welchman.
Contributor(s): Welchman, Lynn
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TextPublisher: London, England ; New York, N.Y. : Zed Books Ltd., [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1842770950 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781842770955 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Domestic relations (Islamic law) | Women (Islamic law) | Domestic relations -- Egypt | Domestic relations -- Palestine | Domestic relations -- United States | Muslims -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United StatesDDC classification: 340.5/9 LOC classification: KBP540.3 | .I855 2004Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Lynn Welchman -- Muslim personal status law in Egypt: the current situation and possibilities of reform through internal initiatives / Essam Fawzy -- Islamic law and the transition to Palestinian statehood : constraints and opportunities for legal reform / edited by Penny Johnson and Lynn Welchman -- Legal context: shariʻa courts and Muslim family law in the transitional period / Lynn Welchman -- Palestinian interim governance: state legitimation, legal reform, and the shariʻa / Penny Johnson -- Attitudes towards legal reform of personal status law in Palestine / Rema Hammami -- Agents for reform : the women's movement, social politics, and family law reform / Penny Johnson -- Appendix : case history / Fadwa al-Labadi -- No altars : a survey of Islamic family law in the United States / Asifa Quraishi and Najeeba Syeed-Miller -- Domestic violence and shariʻa : a comparative study of Muslim societies in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia / Lisa Hajjar.