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Cover illustration: Village leader explains inheritance cases in Aceh, 2012.
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Names: Bowen, John R. (John Richard), 1951-, editor. | Salim, Arskal, editor.
Title: Women and property rights in Indonesian Islamic legal contexts / Edited by John R. Bowen, Arskal Salim.
Description: Leiden : Brill, 2019. | Series: Leiden studies in Islam and society ; 8 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018046673 (print) | LCCN 2018046868 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004386297 (E-book) | ISBN 9789004385962 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Women–Legal status, laws, etc.–Indonesia. | Women (Islamic law)–Indonesia. | Right of property (Islamic law)–Indonesia.
Classification: LCC KNW517.5 (ebook) | LCC KNW517.5 .W66 2018 (print) | DDC 346.59804/32082–dc23
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