Breaking Up the Family

Divorce in Egyptian Law and Practice

Bibliographic Data

ID6147679
AuthorsNathalie Bernard-Maugiron (0000-0001-7074-8290, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Baudouin Dupret (0000-0003-1507-6369, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
Year2008
Volume6
Issue1
Pages52-74
Publication date2008-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHawwa (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1569-2078 • E-ISSN: 1569-2086
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/156920808x298921
OpenAlexW2095165977
LanguageEN
Citations received9

If the legal status of women wishing to end an unhappy marriage has undoubtedly improved through the codification process of personal status law in Egypt in the twentieth century, it still remains very unequal in comparison to the privileges enjoyed by men in that field. Moreover, the practical effects of these legal reforms can be questioned. This chapter will study marriage breakups in Egypt through both legal and sociological approaches. Legal texts governing family law will first be examined to expose the different ways marriage can be broken up and how the reforms were legitimated by reference to sharî'a principles. Then the various obstacles that impede the effective implementation of these reforms will be exposed, to stress that the study of law should capture the language of law in action and not only of law in books

Action (physics · Family law · Law reform · Legal process · Legal profession · Political science · Practice of law · Sociology · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender

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