Adjudicating Family Law in Muslim Courts
While there are many books on Islamic family law, the literature on its enforcement is scarce. This book focuses on how Islamic family law is interpreted and applied by judges in a range of Muslim countries – Sunni and Shi''a, as well as Arab and non-Arab. It thereby aids the understanding of shari''a law in practice in a number of different cultural and political settings. It shows how the existe...
While there are many books on Islamic family law, the literature on its enforcement is scarce. This book focuses on how Islamic family law is interpreted and applied by judges in a range of Muslim countries – Sunni and Shi''a, as well as Arab and non-Arab. It thereby aids the understanding of shari''a law in practice in a number of different cultural and political settings. It shows how the existe...