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- Explores the legal regulation of gender roles through an analysis of Muslim divorce cases
- Provides a comparative evaluation of Syria, Morocco and Libya
- Uses legislation, legal case files, statistics, media reports and ethnographic observations
Part of the book series: Gender and Politics (GAP)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Keywords
- Muslim divorce in the Middle East
- Middle East and gender issues
- gender in Middle Eastern courts
- divorce law in the Middle East
- law and politics in the Middle East
- gender regimes in the Middle East
- Islamic divorce in MENA region
- feminism in MENA region
- Muslim marriages in the Middle East
- legal anthropology
- Middle Eastern divorce law reform
- Shari‘a and divorce law
- Muslim divorce in Syria
- Muslim divorce in Morocco
- Muslim divorce in Libya
- law reform activists in MENA region
- state feminism in Syria
- state feminism in Libya
- family court in MENA region
- Islam and feminism
Authors and Affiliations
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Centre for Science, Knowledge and Belief in Society, Newman University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Jessica Carlisle
About the author
Jessica Carlisle is currently Research Fellow (Legal Geography) on the project Topological Atlas based at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. She has worked in Syria, Morocco, Libya and Egypt, where she has researched the text and practice of shari‘a derived personal status (family and inheritance) law; constitutional and administrative law; the roles and organization of legal professionals; experiences of migration; and the conduct of politicized domestic and transnational disputes.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Muslim Divorce in the Middle East
Book Subtitle: Contesting Gender in the Contemporary Courts
Authors: Jessica Carlisle
Series Title: Gender and Politics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77007-9
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-77006-2Published: 12 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-77007-9Published: 28 June 2018
Series ISSN: 2662-5814
Series E-ISSN: 2662-5822
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 158
Topics: Politics and Gender, Middle Eastern Politics, Politics and Religion