Child Custody in Islamic Law: Theory and Practice in Egypt since the Sixteenth Century

Ahmed Fekry Ibrahim

Child Custody in Islamic Law: Theory and Practice in Egypt since the Sixteenth Century - ix, 266 p.; 24 cm - Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-256) and index.

Child custody in civil and common law jurisdictions -- The best interests of the child in juristic discourse -- Private separation deeds in action -- Ottoman juristic discourse in action (1517-1801) -- Child custody in Egypt, 1801-1929 -- Twentieth- and twenty-first-century child custody (1929-2014).

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Custody of children (Islamic law)
Parent and child (Islamic law)
Custody of Children--History--Egypt
Custody of Children