Author

Publication

2016 - Taylor & Francis Group

Language

English

Word Count

49,000 words, Guess

Page Count

196 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780415788007
  • ISBN-100415788005
  • Better World Books9780415788007
  • Open LibraryOL28847616M

Classifications

  • LCCKBP540.3.M875 2016

Description

"This book focuses on Islamic family law as interpreted and applied by judges in Europe, Australia and North America. It uses court transcriptions and observations to discuss how the most contentious marriage-related issues - consent and age of spouses, dower, polygamy, and divorce - are adjudicated. The solutions proposed by different legal systems are reviewed , and some broader questions are addressed: how Islamic principles are harmonized with norms based on gender equality, how parties bargain strategically in and out of court, and how Muslim diasporas align their Islamic worldview with a Western normative narrative"-- "This book focuses on how various aspects of Islamic family law as interpreted and applied by judges in Europe, in Australia and North America. Covering a wide number of countries (Britain, France, Spain, Italy, Norway, Switzerland, the US, Canada, Australia), it uses court transcriptions and observations to discuss a number of specific issue, including how the most contentious marriage-related issues - consent and age of spouses, mahr, polygamy, divorce, and kafalah - are adjudicated"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Muslim Family Law in Western CourtsTaylor & Francis Group2016

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