Women in Muslim Family Law

An exploration of family law as it pertains to women with regard to marriage, divorce and inheritance in the Middle East. This second edition is revised to expand and update coverage of family law reforms that have taken place throughout the Middle East, North Africa, and South and Southeast Asia. It focuses on the historical and legal context for reform, and the methodology and extent of contemporary legal trends, particularly in Egypt and Pakistan.

Author: John L. Esposito
Publisher: Syracuse University Publications in Continuin
Published: 12/01/2001
Pages: 214
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.62w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9780815629085

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2002 pg. 160

About the Author

John L. Esposito is director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. He is editor-in-chief of The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World. His books include The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality?; Islam and Democracy and Makers of Contemporary Islam (with John 0. Voll); Islam: The Straight Path; Islam, Gender and Social Change (with Yvonne Haddad); and Islam and Politics, Fourth Edition, the latter also published by Syracuse University Press.

Natana J. Delong-Bas is a contributor to and editor for the forthcoming Oxford Dictionary of Islam.