Divorce in the Libyan Family: No 15 (Near Eastern civilization) - Hardcover

Layish, Aharon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0814750532 ISBN 13: 9780814750537

Publisher: New York University Press, 1991

Synopsis

This is a study of the way in which various courts in Libya deal with questions of divorce in an almost exclusive tribal, still nomadic, environment. The author explains how local divorce law is a blend of statutory, Islamic, and customary law. By investigating all the varieties of marriage dissolution recorded in the "sijjilat" of the "shari'a" courts of Ajdabiyya and Kufra and by analyzing the part played, respectively, by "shari'a" law, customary law and some compromise between the two, he provides hard evidence on the nature of compromise on one point after another. The principles are by no means confined to the localities that are examined here in such meticulous detail. Much light is thrown on the way in which the authority of "shari'a" law habitually thought to impinge on tribal or local customs in sixth areas, on the one hand, and low Muslim courts, on the other hand, to try to adopt the principles of the "shari'a" to the exigencies of the local situation.

About this title

About the Author:

Linda S. Catron is a researcher and film video producer. She holds a Ph.D in anthropology from the University of California, San Francisco and has taught field research and gerontology at San Jose State University.

About this edition

• Publisher: New York University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0814750532
• ISBN 13: 9780814750537
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1