Semerdjian, Elyse. <br/><br/>
"Off the straight path" :  illicit sex, law, and community in Ottoman Aleppo / 
Elyse Semerdjian. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Syracuse, N.Y. :  Syracuse University Press,  c2008. 
 - xxxviii, 247 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
 - Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East .
 - Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-227) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0815631731 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780815631736 (hbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Adultery (Islamic law)<br/>Fornication (Islamic law)<br/>Rape (Islamic law)<br/>Domestic relations (Islamic law)<br/>Customary law (Islamic law)--Syria--Aleppo.<br/>Punishment (Islamic law)