Stiles utilizes in-depth ethnographic study of judicial reasoning and litigant activity in Islamic family court in Zanzibar, Tanzania to draw new and important conclusions on how people understand and use Islamic legal ideas in marital disputes.

Autorentext
ERIN E. STILES is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at California State University, USA.

Inhalt
Introduction: Kahdi , Court, and Anthropologist Writing a Case: Court Actors and Court Procedure From Community to Court: Gendered Experience of Divorce Allegations of Repudiation: Determining Intention in Disputed Divorce Witnessing and Authority in the Court: Elders, Shaykhs, and Shehas Money Matters: Khului Divorce in Context Conclusion: The Court is a Hospital