Contents:
Author Biographies;
Introduction;
I. The Legal Doctrine of Marriage Contracts in Comparative Perspective;
1. Marriage in Classical Islamic Jurisprudence: A Survey of Doctrines [Kecia Ali];
2. The Western Canon Law of Marriage: A Doctrinal Introduction [Charles Donahue, Jr.];
3. Jewish Marriage and Divorce Law [Suzanne Last Stone];
II. The Marriage Contract in Muslim History;
4. A History of Marriage Contracts in Egypt [Amira El-Azhary Sonbol]
5. Questions of Consent: Contracting a Marriage in Ottoman Syria and Palestine [Judith E. Tucker];
6. The Islamic Marriage Contract in al-Andalus (10–16th Centuries) [Amalia Zomeno];
7. Interpreting Tears: A Marriage Case from Imamic Yemen [Brinkley Messick];
III. Modern Practice and Reform;
8. Legislative Provisions and Judicial Mechanisms for the Enforcement and Termination of the Islamic Marriage Contract in Malaysia [Nik Noriani Nik Badli Shah];
9. Marriage Contracts and Women’s Rights in Saudi Arabia: Mahr, Shurut, and Knowledge Distribution [Lisa Wynn];
10. A Woman’s Right to Terminate the Marriage Contract: The Case of Iran [Ziba Mir-Hosseini];
11. The Islamic Marriage Contract in Egypt [Mona Zulficat];
12. Advocacy for Reform in Islamic Family Law: The Experience of Sisters in Islam [Zainah Anwar];
13. Improving the Status of Women through Reforms in Marriage Contract Law: The Experience of the Nizari Ismaili Community [Ali S. Asani];
IV. 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 [Christina Jones-Pauly];
15. The Shari’a and English Law: Identity and Justice for British Muslims [Richard Freeland and Martin Lau];
Bibliography;
Index