Family, Gender, and Law in a Globalizing Middle East and South Asia.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part One: Colonial Modernity and Family Law Codes -- 1. Disobedient Wives and Neglectful Husbands -- 2. Patriarchy, Sexuality, and Property -- Part Two: Religion, Custom, the State, and Patriarchy -- 3. The Monotheisms, Patriarchy, and the Constitutional Right to Human Dignity in Israel -- 4. Legal Pluralism Versus a Uniform Civil Code -- 5. Institutions and Women's Rights -- Part Three: Family Law Codes Contested and (Re)constructed -- 6. Struggles over Personal Status and Family Law in Post-Baathist Iraq -- 7. Family, Gender, and Law in Jordan and Palestine -- 8. Revisiting the Debate on Family Law in Morocco -- 9. Straddling CEDAW and the MMA -- Part Four: Women's Roles and Family Relationships Renegotiated and Redefined -- 10. Gender and Law(s) -- 11. Shifting Practices and Identities -- 12. Afghan Refugee Women in Iran -- Works Cited -- Index.
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