Muslim Family Law in Western Courts

Buch | Softcover

196 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-78800-7 (ISBN)

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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.

Elisa Giunchi is an Assistant Professor of History and Institutions of Muslim Countries at the University of Milan, Italy.

Preface 1. Muslim Family Law and Legal Practice in the West: An Introduction 2. Shari‘a in the West: Colonial Consciousness in a Context of Normative Competition 3. Please Divorce Me! Subversive Agency, Resistance and Gendered Religious Scripts 4. Judicial Encounters with Islamic and Middle Eastern Family Law in Switzerland from a Private International Law Perspective – Marriage and Divorce 5. The Recognition of Transnational Muslim Marriages and Divorces by Norwegian Courts and Other Competent Authorities: Dynamics Between Legislation and Legal Practice 6. Islamic Family Law in the Courts: Spain’s Position with Regard to the Moroccan Family Code 7. An Analysis of British Judicial Treatment of Islamic Divorces, 1997 - 2009 8. Can there be a Compromise? Australia's State of Confusion Regarding Shari‘a Family Law 9. Islamic Family Law in American Courts: A Rich, Diverse and Evolving Jurisprudence

Erscheinungsdatum	12.03.2017
Reihe/Serie	Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Familienrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-415-78800-5 / 0415788005
ISBN-13	978-0-415-78800-7 / 9780415788007
Zustand	Neuware