198 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book is an anthropologist's field study of the new court set up in Singapore to deal with matrimonial suits (chiefly divorce) among Muslims. The study is based on careful observation of the court in action, and analyses in detail the relationship between the reformist aims of the new law and the values and expectations of litigants. The book takes its departure from the argument developed in... Read more
INTRODUCTION I I. GENERAL BACKGROUND 7 2. TA' ALIK 38 3. FASAH 77 4. KHULA 86 5.TALAK, OR 'ORDINARY' REPUDIATION 105 6. ROJO 126 7. DISCUSSION 143 CONCLUSION 172 POSTSCRIPT 183 LIST OF WORKS CITED 185 INDEX 187
Biography
Dr Djamour's is the author of Malay Kinship and Mamage in Singapore (Athlone Press, 1959).
