Stalled reform: Family law in post-unification Yemen

Islamic Law and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-33

  Würth, Anna ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 33846360180     PISSN: 09289380     EISSN: 15685195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685190360560906     Document Type: Review

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