Bücher von Judith Djamour

An anthropologist's field study of the court set up in Singapore to deal with matrimonial suits, chiefly divorce, among Muslims. This study is based on observation of the court in action, and analyses in detail the relationship between the reformist aims of the law and the values and expectations of litigants.

Contributes to social anthropology and discusses, as its central topic, the instability of Malay marriage. The causes and consequences of this phenomenon, which involve social, economic, and psychological considerations, are analysed in some detail. This book draws a sympathetic picture of behaviour within the family and between kinsmen.