Probert, Rebecca (2011) Review of Women, family and gender in Islamic law, by Tucker, J.E. Ecclesiastical Law Journal, Vol.13 (No.1). pp. 102-103. ISSN 0956-618X

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Abstract

Judith Tucker’s analysis of the treatment of women in Islamic law begins with
what have become all-too-familiar issues: the proposed stoning to death of a
woman who had given birth to an illegitimate child and disputes over the
proper attire of Muslim women. Yet her admirably balanced account of the
development of Islamic law eschews such sensationalism; instead, she provides
a careful and nuanced description of the way in which topics such as marriage,
divorce, legal capacity and social space have been understood in different
Islamic traditions at different points in history.

Item Type:	Book Review
Subjects:	K Law [Moys] > KD Religious Systems
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Women (Islamic law)
Journal or Publication Title:	Ecclesiastical Law Journal
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	0956-618X
Book Title:	Women, family and gender in Islamic law
Official Date:	January 2011
Dates:	Date Event January 2011 Published
Volume:	Vol.13
Number:	No.1
Page Range:	pp. 102-103
DOI:	10.1017/S0956618X10000918
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit:	1 August 2016
Date of first compliant Open Access:	1 August 2016

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