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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818451103321

Autore

Mir-Hosseini Ziba

Titolo

Marriage on trial : a study of Islamic family law / / by Ziba Mir-Hosseini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 1993

ISBN

0-7556-1227-2

1-283-29224-6

9786613292247

0-85771-998-X

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 pages)

Disciplina

340.59

346.1670160000

Soggetti

Marriage (Islamic law) - Iran

Marriage (Islamic law) - Morocco

Marriage - Religious aspects - Islam

Matrimonial actions (Islamic law) - Iran

Matrimonial actions (Islamic law) - Morocco

Cultural studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1 The Shar'ia, law and social practice - strategies of accommodation: the setting - courts, martial disputes and marriage; legal anatomy of divorce - the Iranian case; legal anatomy of divorce - the Moroccan case; social anatomy of divorse - the law and the practice -- Part 2 Areas of tension between law and practice - strategies of selection: filiation and custody in law and practice; validating marriage and divorce.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book looks at how fiqh, Islamic family law, is interpreted and administered in two Muslim countries. It studies the complex relationship between the classical textbooks and modern codes of personal status law which in principle are based on them, but which in fact diverge from them both in substantive law and in methods of procedure and judgment. Based on extensive fieldwork in the courts and outside, it focuses on the dynamics of marriage and the



consequences of its breakdown, as well as the way litigants manipulate the law in order to resolve marital difficulties. It illustrates the interaction between Islamic law and the social construction of marriage and divorce in Iran and Morocco, showing women can turn even the most patriarchal elements of Islamic law to their advantage and achieve their personal marital aims."--Bloomsbury Publishing.