Author Biographies Introduction Part One: The Legal Doctrine of Marriage Contracts in Comparative Perspective 1. Kecia Ali, Marriage in Classical Islamic Jurisprudence: A Survey of Doctrines 2. Charles Donahue, Jr., The Western Canon Law of Marriage: A Doctrinal Introduction 3. Suzanne Last Stone, Jewish Marriage and Divorce Law Part Two: The Marriage Contract in Muslim History 4. Amira El-Azhary Sonbol, A History of Marriage Contracts in Egypt 5. Judith E. Tucker, Questions of Consent: Contracting a Marriage in Ottoman Syria and Palestine 6. Amalia Zomeno, The Islamic Marriage Contract in al-Andalus (10-16th Centuries) 7. Brinkley Messick, Interpreting Tears: A Marriage Case from Imamic Yemen Part Three: Modern Practice and Reform 8. Nik Noriani Nik Badli Shah, Legislative Provisions and Judicial Mechanisms for the Enforcement and Termination of the Islamic Marriage Contract in Malaysia 9. Lisa Wynn, Marriage Contracts and Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia: Mahr, Shurut, and Knowledge Distribution 10. Ziba Mir-Hosseini, A Women's Right to Terminate the Marriage Contract: The Case of Iran 11. Mona Zulficat, The Islamic Marriage Contract in Egypt 12. Zainah Anwar, Advocacy for Reform in Islamic Family Law: The Experience of Sisters in Islam 13. Ali S. Asani, Improving the Status of Women Through Reforms in Marriage Contract Law: The Experience of the Nizari Ismaili Community Part Four: The Muslim Marriage Contract in Western Secular Legal Systems 14. Christina Jones-Pauly, Marriage Contracts of Muslims in the Diaspora: Problems in the Recognition of Mahr Contracts in German Law 15. Richard Freeland and Martin Lau, The Shari'a and English Law: Identity and Justice for British Muslims Bibliography Index

Asifa Quraishi is Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin.

Frank E. Vogel is The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Adjunct Professor of Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School.

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