The Status of Women Under Islamic Law and Modern Islamic Legislation

ISBN-13: 9789004172739 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 244 str.

J. J. Nasir; Jamal J. Nasir

Opis

This is the third revised and updated edition of a work that provides a detailed and systematic account of the legal aspects of Islam and modern Arab Islamic legislation with specific regard to the rights and obligations of women. Addressing in particular the legislation of the arab world states, the study ontains essential information on a wide range of topics including dower, maintenance, the iddat, parentage, fosterage and custory, and also a particularly valuable section on marriage and the dissolution of marriage. The work is an important source of reference not only for legal practitioners, university libraries and other academic institutions, but is also of general interest to those directly concerned with the subject, particularly Muslim communicaties in non-Muslim countries, Muslim women worldwide or non-Muslim women who may be married to Muslims.

O autorze

Jamal J. Nasir , BA (Hons), Ph.D. (London) has maintained close contact with his roots in Arabism and Islam while spending many years in practice in the UK, Europe and the States. He has also practiced in many Arab States, being a member of the Jordan and other Arab Bars. The author was formerly Minister of Justice in Jordan, and acting Foreign Minister, where he supervised a radical re-organisation of the Judiciary. This experience provided him with a rare insight into the working and application of the Sharia Law and modern Arab legislation on various aspects of Arab laws. The author has had a number of books published previously, as well as many legal and political articles in international journals. This book particularly supplements an earlier study by the author entitled The Islamic Law of Personal Status which has already become the authoritative textbook in the English language on this important subject, and a reliable reference book for many courts around the world. The author is also legal adviser to several Arab Embassies in London.