Download or read book An Islamic Court in Context written by E. Stiles and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-10-26 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stiles utilizes in-depth ethnographic study of judicial reasoning and litigant activity in Islamic family court in Zanzibar, Tanzania to draw new and important conclusions on how people understand and use Islamic legal ideas in marital disputes.