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An exploration of family law as it pertains to women with regard to marriage, divorce and inheritance in the Middle East. This second edition is revised to expand and update coverage of family law reforms that have taken place throughout the Middle East, North Africa, and South and Southeast Asia. It focuses on the historical and legal context for reform, and the methodology and extent of contemporary legal trends, particularly in Egypt and Pakistan.
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.
Summary
An exploration of family law as it pertains to women with regard to marriage, divorce and inheritance in the Middle East. This second edition is revised to update its coverage of family law reforms that have taken place throughout the Middle East, North Africa, and South and Southeast Asia.
