Marriage on Trial

A Study of Islamic Family Law

• Author(s): Ziba Mir-Hosseini,
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Pages: 272
• ISBN_10: 085771998X
  ISBN_13: 9780857719980
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Islamic Studies , Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family , Law / Islamic , Social Science / Women's Studies , Law / Family Law / General ,

Description:... Taking an inter-disciplinary approach which straddles law, anthropology sociology and women's studies, Mir-Hosseini shows how women can turn even the most patriarchal elements of Islamic law to their advantage and achieve their personal marital aims.