Explores the present-day realties of Islamic family law, with particular emphasis on the rights of women, and focusing on law in its living social context as re

In this volume, Brownson sheds new light on Palestinian Muslim women’s agency in shari‘a courts from the British Mandate period to the present. Her extensiv

The third edition of this work on family law, comprising text, cases and materials, provides not only an explication of legal principle but also explores, prima

This volume highlights important classic and contemporary works by law and society scholars who analyze the complex and often highly political relationship betw

First published in 1985, Women-in-Law is a collection of essays examining the complex interactions of law, sexuality, and the family. It explores the ways in wh