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- Summary
- Present day realities of Islamic family law are explored in this volume, with the focus on the rights of women. It draws on three case studies - Egypt, the West Bank & Gaza and the U.S. - which illustrate the different social environments in which Moslemcommunities live
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 300 pages
- Contents
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- Part I. Muslim personal status law in Egypt: the current situation and possibilities of reform through internal initiatives / Essam Fawzy. Social context. Personal status law in Egypt: an historical overview. Understanding the law: Egyptian family and social attitudes (results of the field study). Law no. 1 of 2000: a new personal status law and a step on the path to reform. General conclusions
- Part II. Islamic law and the transition to Palestinian statehood: constraints and opportunities for legal reform / edited by Penny Johnson and Lynn Welchman. Legal context: shariʻa courts and Muslim family law in the transitional period / Lynn Welchman. Palestinian interim governance: state legitimation, legal reform, and the shariʻa / Penny Johnson. Attitudes towards legal reform of personal status law in Palestine / Rema Hammami. Agents for reform: the women's movement, social politics, and family law reform / Penny Johnson. Appendix: case history / Fadwa al-Labadi
- Part III. No altars: a survey of Islamic family law in the United States / Asifa Quraishi and Najeeba Syeed-Miller. Islamic family law in American Muslim hands. The Muslim family in the USA: law in practice. Islamic family law in US courts. Future trends and predictions. Conclusion. Appendix: table of cases. Part IV. Domestic violence and shariʻa: a comparative study of Muslim societies in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia / Lisa Hajjar. Domestic violence and shariʻa
- Isbn
- 9781842770948
- Label
- Women's rights and Islamic family law : perspectives on reform
- Title
- Women's rights and Islamic family law
- Title remainder
- perspectives on reform
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Lynn Welchman
- Title variation
- Women's rights & Islamic family law
- Subject
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- Domestic relations (Islamic law)
- Domestic relations (Islamic law)
- Domestic relations -- Egypt
- Domestic relations -- Egypt
- Domestic relations -- Palestine
- Domestic relations -- Palestine
- Domestic relations -- United States
- Domestic relations -- United States
- Muslims -- Legal status, laws, etc -- United States
- Muslims -- Legal status, laws, etc -- United States
- Women (Islamic law)
- Women (Islamic law)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Present day realities of Islamic family law are explored in this volume, with the focus on the rights of women. It draws on three case studies - Egypt, the West Bank & Gaza and the U.S. - which illustrate the different social environments in which Moslemcommunities live
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Welchman, Lynn
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Domestic relations (Islamic law)
- Women (Islamic law)
- Domestic relations
- Domestic relations
- Domestic relations
- Muslims
- Label
- Women's rights and Islamic family law : perspectives on reform, edited by Lynn Welchman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [276]-291) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
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- Contents
- Part I. Muslim personal status law in Egypt: the current situation and possibilities of reform through internal initiatives / Essam Fawzy. Social context. Personal status law in Egypt: an historical overview. Understanding the law: Egyptian family and social attitudes (results of the field study). Law no. 1 of 2000: a new personal status law and a step on the path to reform. General conclusions -- Part II. Islamic law and the transition to Palestinian statehood: constraints and opportunities for legal reform / edited by Penny Johnson and Lynn Welchman. Legal context: shariʻa courts and Muslim family law in the transitional period / Lynn Welchman. Palestinian interim governance: state legitimation, legal reform, and the shariʻa / Penny Johnson. Attitudes towards legal reform of personal status law in Palestine / Rema Hammami. Agents for reform: the women's movement, social politics, and family law reform / Penny Johnson. Appendix: case history / Fadwa al-Labadi -- Part III. No altars: a survey of Islamic family law in the United States / Asifa Quraishi and Najeeba Syeed-Miller. Islamic family law in American Muslim hands. The Muslim family in the USA: law in practice. Islamic family law in US courts. Future trends and predictions. Conclusion. Appendix: table of cases. Part IV. Domestic violence and shariʻa: a comparative study of Muslim societies in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia / Lisa Hajjar. Domestic violence and shariʻa
- Control code
- 50696492
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 300 pages
- Isbn
- 9781842770948
- Lccn
- 2002036026
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- Women's rights and Islamic family law : perspectives on reform, edited by Lynn Welchman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [276]-291) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I. Muslim personal status law in Egypt: the current situation and possibilities of reform through internal initiatives / Essam Fawzy. Social context. Personal status law in Egypt: an historical overview. Understanding the law: Egyptian family and social attitudes (results of the field study). Law no. 1 of 2000: a new personal status law and a step on the path to reform. General conclusions -- Part II. Islamic law and the transition to Palestinian statehood: constraints and opportunities for legal reform / edited by Penny Johnson and Lynn Welchman. Legal context: shariʻa courts and Muslim family law in the transitional period / Lynn Welchman. Palestinian interim governance: state legitimation, legal reform, and the shariʻa / Penny Johnson. Attitudes towards legal reform of personal status law in Palestine / Rema Hammami. Agents for reform: the women's movement, social politics, and family law reform / Penny Johnson. Appendix: case history / Fadwa al-Labadi -- Part III. No altars: a survey of Islamic family law in the United States / Asifa Quraishi and Najeeba Syeed-Miller. Islamic family law in American Muslim hands. The Muslim family in the USA: law in practice. Islamic family law in US courts. Future trends and predictions. Conclusion. Appendix: table of cases. Part IV. Domestic violence and shariʻa: a comparative study of Muslim societies in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia / Lisa Hajjar. Domestic violence and shariʻa
- Control code
- 50696492
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 300 pages
- Isbn
- 9781842770948
- Lccn
- 2002036026
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
Subject
- Domestic relations (Islamic law)
- Domestic relations (Islamic law)
- Domestic relations -- Egypt
- Domestic relations -- Egypt
- Domestic relations -- Palestine
- Domestic relations -- Palestine
- Domestic relations -- United States
- Domestic relations -- United States
- Muslims -- Legal status, laws, etc -- United States
- Muslims -- Legal status, laws, etc -- United States
- Women (Islamic law)
- Women (Islamic law)
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