"Off the straight path" : illicit sex, law, and community in Ottoman Aleppo /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Semerdjian, Elyse
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, [2008]
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East.
Subjects:	Punishment (Islamic law) Customary law (Islamic law) > Syria > Aleppo. Domestic relations (Islamic law) Rape (Islamic law) Fornication (Islamic law) Adultery (Islamic law) Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Zina in Islamic legal discourse
Zina in Ottoman law
People and court : policing public morality in the streets of Aleppo
Prostitutes, soldiers, and the people : monitoring morality through customary law
In harm's way : domestic violence and rape in the Shari'a courts of Aleppo.