| |
| |
| List of Maps and Tables | |
| |
| |
| Preface | |
| |
| |
| Acknowledgments | |
| |
| |
| Note on Foreign Terms and Transliteration | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| |
| Similarities: Common Heritage of the Maghrib | |
| |
| |
| |
| State Formation in Kin-Based Societies | |
| |
| |
| States, Nations, and Local Solidarities | |
| |
| |
| Central/Local Tension in the History of the Maghrib | |
| |
| |
| The "Republics of Cousins" in Politics | |
| |
| |
| |
| Islam and Family Law: An Unorthodox View | |
| |
| |
| The Law in Islam | |
| |
| |
| Islamic Family Law | |
| |
| |
| Customary Law | |
| |
| |
| |
| Women Ally with the Devil: Gender, Unity, and Division | |
| |
| |
| Men as Unity | |
| |
| |
| Women as Division | |
| |
| |
| Marriage Alliances: Ideology and Reality | |
| |
| |
| Veils and Walls | |
| |
| |
| |
| Men Work with Angels: Power of the Tribe | |
| |
| |
| Ties That Bind: Tribal Solidarity | |
| |
| |
| Tribes, Islamic Unity, and Markets | |
| |
| |
| Tribes and Central Authority | |
| |
| |
| |
| Historical Differences | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Precolonial Polity: National Variations | |
| |
| |
| Tunisia: Early Development of Centralized Institutions | |
| |
| |
| Algeria: Tribal Isolation and Weak State | |
| |
| |
| Morocco: Land of Government Versus Land of Dissidence | |
| |
| |
| Family Law as Mirror of the Polity | |
| |
| |
| |
| Colonial Rule: French Strategies | |
| |
| |
| Form of Colonial Domination | |
| |
| |
| Colonial Manipulation of Family Law | |
| |
| |
| |
| Three Paths to Nation-State and Family Law | |
| |
| |
| |
| Palace, Tribe, and Preservation of Islamic Law: Morocco | |
| |
| |
| Coalition between Palace and Tribe (1940s-50s) | |
| |
| |
| Islamic Family Law Preserved: Choice of the Monarchy (1950s) | |
| |
| |
| |
| Elite Divisions and the Law in Gridlock: Algeria | |
| |
| |
| Partial Reliance on Kin-Based Groups (1950s-60s) | |
| |
| |
| Family Law Held Hostage to Political Divisions (1950s-80s) | |
| |
| |
| |
| State Autonomy from Tribe and Family Law Reform: Tunisia | |
| |
| |
| State Autonomy from Tribes (1930s-50s) | |
| |
| |
| The Transformation of Family Law (1930s-50s) | |
| |
| |
| Conclusion. State-Building, Family Law, and Women's Rights | |
| |
| |
| History, Strategy, and Policy | |
| |
| |
| Some Theoretical Implications | |
| |
| |
| Glossary | |
| |
| |
| Notes | |
| |
| |
| Selected Bibliography | |
| |
| |
| Author Index | |
| |
| |
| Subject Index | |