TY  - BOOK
AU  - Welchman,Lynn
TI  - Women's rights and Islamic family law: perspectives on reform 
SN  - 1842770942 (cased)
AV  - KBP540.3 .I855 2004
U1  - 340.59 21
PY  - 2004///
CY  - London, UK, New York, New York
PB  - Zed Books, Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Domestic relations (Islamic law)
KW  - Domestic relations
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Palestine
KW  - United States
KW  - Muslims
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - Women (Islamic law)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [276]-291) and index; Part I. Muslim personal status law in Egypt: the current situation and possibilities of reform through internal initiatives / Essam Fawzy. Social context. Personal status law in Egypt: an historical overview. Understanding the law: Egyptian family and social attitudes (results of the field study). Law no. 1 of 2000: a new personal status law and a step on the path to reform. General conclusions -- Part II. Islamic law and the transition to Palestinian statehood: constraints and opportunities for legal reform / edited by Penny Johnson and Lynn Welchman. Legal context: shariʻa courts and Muslim family law in the transitional period / Lynn Welchman. Palestinian interim governance: state legitimation, legal reform, and the shariʻa / Penny Johnson. Attitudes towards legal reform of personal status law in Palestine / Rema Hammami. Agents for reform: the women's movement, social politics, and family law reform / Penny Johnson. Appendix: case history / Fadwa al-Labadi -- Part III. No altars: a survey of Islamic family law in the United States / Asifa Quraishi and Najeeba Syeed-Miller. Islamic family law in American Muslim hands. The Muslim family in the USA: law in practice. Islamic family law in US courts. Future trends and predictions. Conclusion. Appendix: table of cases. Part IV. Domestic violence and shariʻa: a comparative study of Muslim societies in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia / Lisa Hajjar. Domestic violence and shariʻa
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/hol051/2002036026.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol059/2002036026.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol052/2002036026.html
ER  -