“It is Your Right to Buy a Divorce”: Judicial Khuluu in Zanzibar

Contenu

Titre

“It is Your Right to Buy a Divorce”: Judicial Khuluu in Zanzibar

Créateur

Stiles, Erin E. Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Date

2019

Dans

Islamic Law and Society Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Résumé

Abstract

Judicial
khuluu
(<Ar.
khulʿ
) in Zanzibar differs from judicial
khulʿ
in Arab countries that have recently introduced it through legislative reform. In Zanzibar’s Islamic courts,
khuluu
is used primarily as a judicial mechanism for ending a marriage when a judge determines a wife to be responsible for the breakdown of the marriage. Zanzibari women rarely file for
khuluu
because it is expensive and is associated with a woman’s failure in her marriage. Herein, I explain why judges in Zanzibar regard
khuluu
as a punitive measure that can be used to end a marriage when a woman is determined to be responsible for the marital discord, or when there are no grounds for judicial dissolution through
fasikhi
(<Ar.
faskh
, annulment).

I also show that judges view
khuluu
as a right that a woman can exercise to extricate herself from marriage, a right that judges sometimes encourage in court.

Sujet

Zanzibar Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Langue

eng

volume

26

numéro

1-2

pages

12-35

doi

10.1163/15685195-00254A06

issn

0928-9380, 1568-5195

Stiles, Erin E., ““It is Your Right to Buy a Divorce”: Judicial Khuluu in Zanzibar”, 2019, bibliographie, consulté le 18 septembre 2024, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/2286