Muslim Divorce in the Middle East Contesting Gender in the Contemporary Courts /

• Main Author: Carlisle, Jessica (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Gender and Politics,
• Subjects: Identity politics.; Middle East-Politics and government.; Religion and politics.; Politics and Gender.; Middle Eastern Politics.; Politics and Religion.

How have Muslim marriages legally ended around the turn of the 21st century? Who has the power to initiate and resist shari'a derived divorce? When are husbands and wives made to bear the costs of their marital breakdown? What does divorce law indicate about the development of gender regimes in...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Muslim Divorce in the MENA: Shari'a, Codification, State Feminism and Modern Court Systems in Syria, Morocco and Libya
• Chapter 2: The Damascus Shari'a Court: The Judge, Arbitration and Lawyers in 2005
• Chapter 3: A Legal Aid Centre in Marrakesh: Civil Society Activists and the Court in 2007
• Chapter 4: Tripoli's Family Court in 2013 and Challenges to State Feminism in post-'Arab Spring' Libya and Syria
• Conclusion.