{"product_id":"living-law-women-and-legality-in-marinid-morocco-hardback-9780815611844","title":"Living Law; Women and Legality in Marinid Morocco (Hardback) 9780815611844","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLiving Law\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWomen and Legality in Marinid Morocco\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRosemary Admiral (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780815611844\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 September 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e277 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating story that provides new layers to legal studies and women’s history as well as gender relationships. It shows how women managed to challenge the system of their subjugation in ways that are revealing about their capacity to adapt to constraining structural factors and show the power of women’s agency in pre-modern North Africa.\" - Driss Maghraoui, editor of \u003ci\u003eRevisiting the Colonial Past in Morocco\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A pioneering, deeply-researched, thoughtful analysis of how everyday Islamic law functioned in fourteenth and fifteenth century Northwest Africa. . . . Admiral’s work is also invaluable for expanding the horizons of Islamic legal studies towards thirteenth-fifteenth century Morocco and the rich archive of historical and legal sources which demand further exploration.\" - Asma Sayeed, author of \u003ci\u003eWomen and the Transmission of Religious Knowledge in Islam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhen modern debates about Islamic law and women’s rights make headlines, they often overlook centuries of history where Muslim women actively engaged with and shaped Islamic legal traditions. In \u003ci\u003eLiving Law,\u003c\/i\u003e Rosemary Admiral reveals how women in premodern Morocco weren’t merely subjects of Islamic law—they were savvy legal actors who used religious courts and scholarly opinions to advocate for their rights and protect their interests. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Drawing on a rich collection of fatwas (legal opinions) from the Maliki school of Islamic law, Admiral reconstructs a world where women negotiated marriage contracts, secured their financial futures, and built partnerships that aligned with their vision of family life. These women, though not formally trained as legal scholars, displayed sophisticated knowledge of Islamic jurisprudence and skillfully navigated the legal system to achieve their goals. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLiving Law\u003c\/i\u003e offers an interdisciplinary perspective that challenges simplistic narratives about gender and Islamic law. Admiral demonstrates how the Maliki legal tradition in Morocco—a region that remained outside Ottoman control—provided women with tools to renegotiate their rights through contract stipulations and consultations with local scholars. The result is a nuanced portrait of how Islamic law functioned not as an unchangeable divine mandate, but as a living tradition shaped by the communities it served.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52574221140248,"sku":"9780815611844","price":38.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/living-law-women-and-legality-in-marinid-morocco-hardback-9780815611844","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}