ABSTRACT
Chapter one introduces the general status of women in the family which found support and basis from the Bible, culture and traditions as well as the
misinterpretation of Islamic injunctions, which resulted in making women a disadvantaged sex. It provides problem statement of the research regarding the rights
of women within the meaning of "human right" as conceived by human right activists like Hobbes Locke and Thomas Payne were highlighted; The objective of the study is to examine the Statutory and Islamic law provisions as well as court cases in order to show the extent to which husband's and wives' rights are protected by both the laws and the courts, i.e. juridical study.
The research put in one document the pieces of the rights of spouses in marriage under both Statutory and Islamic Law marriages for the benefit of spouses, intending spouses, law students, lawyers, women activists, etc.
The scope of the study covers the review of Statute, literature and court case studies from wide range of time.
