"Off the straight path" : illicit sex, law, and community in Ottoman Aleppo - Semerdjian, Elyse (Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2008)
Zina in Islamic legal discourse -- Zina in Ottoman law -- People and court : policing public morality in the streets of Aleppo -- Prostitutes, soldiers, and the people : monitoring morality through customary law -- In harm's way : domestic violence and rape in the Shari'a courts of Aleppo.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-227) and index.
Keywords: Adultery (Islamic law); Fornication (Islamic law); Rape (Islamic law); Domestic relations (Islamic law); Customary law (Islamic law) -- Syria -- Aleppo; Punishment (Islamic law)