UID:
almafu_9959237529202883
Format:
1 online resource (363 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-520-93547-0
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1-59734-920-8
Content:
At a time when the situation of women in the Islamic world is of global interest, here is a study that unlocks the mystery of why women's fates vary so greatly from one country to another. Mounira M. Charrad analyzes the distinctive nature of Islamic legal codes by placing them in the larger context of state power in various societies.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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List of Maps and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Foreign Terms and Transliteration; Introduction; Part 1. Similarities: Common Heritage of the Maghrib; Part 2. Historical Differences; Part 3. Three Paths to Nation-State and Family Law; Conclusion: State Building,Family Law, and Women 's Rights; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index
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Issued also in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-520-22576-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-520-07323-1
Language:
English
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