Family Law in Contemporary Iran: Women's Rights Activism and Shari'a

by Marianne Bøe

Passed into law over a decade before the Revolution, the Family Protection Law quickly drew the ire of the conservative clergy and the Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979. In fact, it was one of the first laws to be rescinded following the revolution. The law was hardly a surprising target, however, since women's status in Iran was then - and continues now to be - a central concern of Iranian political leaders, media commentators, and international observers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780769008
• ISBN13: 9781780769004
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 8.5"