Kadhi, court, and anthropologist -- Writing a case : court actors and court procedure -- From community to court : gendered experience of divorce -- A wily wife and a headstrong husband : determining intention -- Witness and authority : elders, shehas, and shaykhs -- Buying divorce through khuluu -- Conclusion : the court is a hospital
Summary
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-215) and index
