Women and Muslim family laws in Arab states : : a comparative overview of textual development and advocacy / / Lynn Welchman.
Muslim family law and its principles 15 regarding marriage, divorce, personal maintenance, paternity, and child custody is one of the most widely applied family law systems in existence today. A number of states have recently codified Muslim family law.
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| Superior document: | ISIM series on contemporary Muslim societies |
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| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | Dutch English |
| Series: | ISIM series on contemporary Muslim societies.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (254 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Codification of Muslim Personal Status Law in Arab States: principle and processes
- Arab State Codifications and Women's Rights Advocacy in the Third Phase of Family Law Reform
- Shar'i Postulates, Statutory Law and the Judiciary
- Registration Requirements
- Capacity and Consent
- Polygyny
- The Marital Relationship
- Divorce
- Parents and Children
- Concluding Comment
- List of Statutes Cited
- Notes
- Glossary of Arabic Terms
- Bibliography
- Index.