Muslim Women and Shari'ah Councils

Transcending the Boundaries of Community and Law

S. Bano (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

329 Seiten

2012
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-22148-2 (ISBN)

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Using original empirical data and critiquing existing research, Samia Bano explores the experience of British Muslim woman who use Shari'ah councils to resolve marital disputes. She challenges the language of community rights and claims for legal autonomy in matters of family law showing how law and community can empower as well as restrict women.

SAMIA BANO lectures in Family law, Gender and Law and Research Methods in Law at the University of Reading Law school, UK, where she was recently been appointed Deputy Director of Research. Samia is recognized as an international scholar in the field of Muslim family law, multiculturalism and gender discrimination. Before joining the law school at Reading Samia worked as a researcher on a number of projects in the area of legal policy and practice and gender equality.

PART I: CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND Multiculturalism and Secularism in the British Context South Asian Muslims and State Law Relations Background to the Study PART II: SHARI'AH COUNCILS AND WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES OF MUSLIM DIVORCE Shari'ah Councils in Britain Shari'ah Councils and the Practice of Law-making Personal Experiences of Marriage Muslim Women, Divorce and Shari'ah Councils Shari'ah Councils and Civil law Conclusion: Justice in the 'Shadow of Law'?

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.11.2012
Zusatzinfo	X, 329 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Familienrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Zivilverfahrensrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	0-230-22148-3 / 0230221483
ISBN-13	978-0-230-22148-2 / 9780230221482
Zustand	Neuware