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Article: Women in Muslim Family Law.(Book Review)
- Article from:
- Middle Eastern Studies
- Article date:
- July 1, 2003
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by John L. Esposito and Nathana J. DeLong-Bas, second edition, Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2001. Pp.xv+195, bibliography, index. $19.95 (paper). ISBN 0-8156-2908-7.
Women in Muslim Family Law is a new and updated edition of the first author's 1982 book of the same title. The main framework of the book has not been changed, and a short section offering a comparative analysis of legal reform in several Muslim societies has been added. Although it remains a vital textbook to the understanding of the basic tenets of women's legal status in Islamic law, it hardly discusses legal practices and political realities, which distances it considerably from its ...