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Marriage on Trial: A Study of Islamic Family Law
Taking an inter-disciplinary approach which straddles law, anthropology sociology and women's studies, the author shows how women can turn even the most patriarchal elements of Islamic law to their advantage and achieve their personal marital aims.
| Author(s) | By Ziba Mir-Hosseini. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Pages | 272 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 30 Apr 2011 |
| Availability | Available |
Taking an inter-disciplinary approach which straddles law, anthropology sociology and women's studies, the author shows how women can turn even the most patriarchal elements of Islamic law to their advantage and achieve their personal marital aims.
Part 1 The Shar'ia, law and social practice - strategies of accommodation: the setting - courts, marital disputes and marriage; legal anatomy of divorce - the Iranian case; legal anatomy of divorce - the Moroccan case; social anatomy of divorce - the law
Ziba Mir-Hosseini is the co-director of the acclamed documentary film 'Divorce Iranian Style', filmed in Tehran and based on this book.
