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