Contents
Author Biographies
Introduction
Part One: The Legal Doctrine of Marriage Contracts in Comparative Perspective
1. Marriage in Classical Islamic Jurisprudence: A Survey of Doctrines
2. The Western Canon Law of Marriage: A Doctrinal Introduction
3. Jewish Marriage and Divorce Law
Part Two: The Marriage Contract in Muslim History
4. A History of Marriage Contracts in Egypt
5. Questions of Consent: Contracting a Marriage in Ottoman Syria and Palestine
6. The Islamic Marraige Contract in al-Andalus (10th—16th Centuries)
7. Interpreting Tears: A Marriage Case from Imamic Yemen
Part Three: Modern Practice and Reform
8. Legislative Provisions and Judicial Mechanisms for the Enforcement and Termination of the Islamic Marriage Contract in Malaysia
9. Marriage Contracts and Women’s Rights in Saudi Arabia: Mahr, Shurūṭ, and Knowledge Distribution
10. A Woman’s Right to Terminate the Marriage Contract: The Case of Iran
11. The Islamic Marriage Contract in Egypt
12. Advocacy for Reform in Islamic Family Law: The Experience of Sisters in Islam
13. Improving the Status of Women through Reforms in Marriage Contract Law: The Experience of the Nizari Ismaili Community
Part Four: 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
15. The Shariʿa and English Law: Identity and Justice for British Muslims
Bibliography
Index