In the interim: Civil society, the shar'ī judiciary and Palestinian personal status law in the transitional period

Islamic Law and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-69

  Welchman, Lynn ^a  

^a U S Army AMCOM Logistics Center (ALC)   (United States)

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EID: 84995983012     PISSN: 09289380     EISSN: 15685195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685190360560915     Document Type: Review

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