ISBN:
9781107640931
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9781107048416
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1107640938
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 279 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
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23 cm
Edition:
First paperback edition
DDC:
305.42096781
Keywords:
Women's rights History 19th century
;
Women's rights History 20th century
;
Civil rights History
;
Justice, Administration of (Islamic law) History
;
Islamic law History
;
Women Social conditions
;
Minorities Social conditions
;
Civil rights
;
Islamic law
;
Justice, Administration of (Islamic law)
;
Minorities ; Social conditions
;
Women ; Social conditions
;
Women's rights
;
Tanzania ; Zanzibar
;
History
;
Zanzibar History 1890-1964
Abstract:
The Kadhi's courts colonised -- Race and the impartial modern judiciary -- The Kadhis and gender -- Litigants and the Kadhi's courts -- The Kadhis' alienation and autonomy -- Marriage, materialism, and temporary compliance -- Property, debt, and inheritance -- Bargaining for divorce -- The Kadhis, ethnicity, and the perpetuation of master-slave relations -- Appendix : Distribution of cases.
Note:
Originally published in hardback: 2015
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Includes bibliographical references and index
