Bowen, John R.

Islam, law, and equality in Indonesia : an anthropology of public reasoning / John R. Bowen. - Cambridge, UK : New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2003. - xvi, 289p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-282) and index.

In Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country, Muslims struggle to reconcile radically different sets of social norms and laws, including those derived from Islam, local social norms, and contemporary ideas about gender equality and law. This book explores this struggle through archival and ethnographic research and interviews with national figures.


English.

9780521824828


Legal polycentricity--Indonesia.
Islamic law--Indonesia.
Adat law--Indonesia--Aceh.
Domestic relations--Indonesia--Aceh--Case studies.

340.5909598 / BOW-I