Women in Muslim Family Law

This second edition of John L. Esposito's landmark book expands and updates coverage of family law reforms (in marriage, divorce, and inheritance) throughout the Middle East, North Africa, and South and Southeast Asia, and analyzes the diverse interpretation of Muslim family law, identifying shifts, key problems, and challenges in the twenty-first century.

Author: John Esposito
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 09/01/2001
Pages: 212
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.62w x 0.71d
ISBN13: 9780815629085
ISBN10: 0815629087
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- Law | Islamic
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | Middle Eastern Studies

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.