STALLED REFORM: FAMILY LAW IN POST-UNIFICATION YEMEN

Abstract I examine here the conditions that have impacted on family law reform in unified Yemen. I will argue that during the early 1990s, the political climate of post-unification Yemen was polarized between supporters of the status quo ante— advocates of laissez-faire in the North and state interv...

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Main Author: Würth, Anna (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Brill 2003
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 2003, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 12-33
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