Palestinian Women and Muslim Family Law in the Mandate Period

by Elizabeth Brownson

Book Overview

In this volume, Brownson sheds new light on Palestinian Muslim women's agency in shari'a courts from the British Mandate period to the present. Her extensive archival research on wife-initiated maintenance claims, divorce, and child custody cases deepens our understanding of women's position in the courts, demonstrating that Muslim women were and are active participants in their legal affairs. Using court registers and interviews, Brownson uncovers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815636466
• ISBN13: 9780815636465
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 9.0"