Between Recognition and Legitimization: Women’s and Children’s Rights in Indonesia’s Extra-Judicial Divorce
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https://doi.org/10.30983/usraty.v4i1.11110Keywords:
Isbat Talak, Divorce Law, Maslahah, Legal DualismAbstract
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