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
ERIN E. STILES is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at California State University, USA.
“One aspect of this book that I appreciated was the style of
writing which made the content both accessible and relatable. ...
Stiles explains all and is inclusive throughout. This broadens the
appeal of her book and allows readers and researchers from
non-social science fields to appreciate the intricacies of law,
religion, community and life in Unguja, Zanzibar.” (Ann Black,
Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law & Practice, Vol. 16
(1), 2020)
"An Islamic Court in Context contributes new case studies to
support established theoretical claims regarding the situated
process of Islamic legal reasoning and the importance of attending
to gender roles and performance in Islamic family courts . . . Erin
Stilespresents some useful points of analysis and observation of
the situated meaning of judicial reasoning in an Islamic court, and
this reader looks forward to more from Stiles in the future." -
Islamic Africa "Through richly detailed and beautifully narrated
cases Stiles presents a deeply humanistic account of a contemporary
Islamic legal system. Concentrating on Zanzibar, she demonstrates
how women in particular navigate a religiously affiliated system,
and in the process she brings an entire society to life. With her
insightful interpretation of a legal environment that governs
one-fifth of the planet and about which Westerners continue to
posses far too simplistic a view she makes a signal contribution to
the literature." - Lawrence Rosen, Cromwell Professor of
Anthropology, Princeton University, USA, and author of Varieties of
Muslim Experience "Stiles provides one of the few in-depth looks at
how a contemporary Islamic judge deals with divorce. She describes
in vividdetail how women and men negotiate in a Zanzibar court, and
the way an ordinary judge must draw on his study of the Qur'an, his
knowledge of state law, and his keen sense of the complexities of
social life to resolve often bitter disputes. This book is at once
a major work in legal anthropology and a rich example of the very
best in social studies of contemporary Islam." - John R. Bowen,
Dunbar-Van Cleve Professor in Arts and Sciences, Washington
University in St. Louis, USA
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