INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. Part One THE LEGAL DOCTRINE OF MARRIAGE CONTRACTS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
6. One MARRIAGE IN CLASSICAL ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE: A SURVEY OF DOCTRINES 9
7. Two THE WESTERN CANON LAW OF MARRIAGE: A DOCTRINAL INTRODUCTION 46
8. Three JEWISH MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE LAW 57
9. Part Two THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT IN MUSLIM HISTORY
10. Four A HISTORY OF MARRIAGE CONTRACTS IN EGYPT 85
11. Five QUESTIONS OF CONSENT: CONTRACTING A MARRIAGE IN OTTOMAN SYRIA AND PALESTINE 123
12. Six THE ISLAMIC MARRIAGE CONTRACT IN AL-ANDALUS (10TH–16TH CENTURIES) 136
13. Seven INTERPRETING TEARS: A MARRIAGE CASE FROM IMAMIC YEMEN 156
14. Part Three MODERN PRACTICE AND REFORM
15. Eight LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS AND JUDICIAL MECHANISMS FOR THE ENFORCEMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE ISLAMIC MARRIAGE CONTRACT IN MALAYSIA 181
16. Nine MARRIAGE CONTRACTS AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN SAUDI ARABIA: MAHR, SHURÜṬ, AND KNOWLEDGE DISTRIBUTION 200
17. Ten A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO TERMINATE THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT: THE CASE OF IRAN 215
18. Eleven THE ISLAMIC MARRIAGE CONTRACT IN EGYPT 231
19. Twelve ADVOCACY FOR REFORM IN ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW: THE EXPERIENCE OF SISTERS IN ISLAM 275
20. Thirteen IMPROVING THE STATUS OF WOMEN THROUGH REFORMS IN MARRIAGE CONTRACT LAW: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE NIZARI ISMAILI COMMUNITY 285
21. Part Four THE MUSLIM MARRIAGE CONTRACT IN WESTERN SECULAR LEGAL SYSTEMS
22. Fourteen MARRIAGE CONTRACTS OF MUSLIMS IN THE DIASPORA: PROBLEMS IN THE RECOGNITION OF MAHR CONTRACTS IN GERMAN LAW 297
23. Fifteen THE SHARI'A AND ENGLISH LAW: IDENTITY AND JUSTICE FOR BRITISH MUSLIMS 331
24. BIBLIOGRAPHY 349
25. INDEX 369