Women's Rights and Islamic Family Law

Name: Women's Rights and Islamic Family Law
Brand: Bloomsbury 3PL
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By Lynn Welchman

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The family is where legal rules presented as part of the Islamic shari`a are most widely applied in the Muslim world. This connection, often differently elaborated by particular social constituencies, can present difficulties to the advocates of law reform. At the same time, the resonance of the issues at which advocacy is targeted creates an opportunity for creative exchange in addressing practical strategies for change. This volume explores the present-day realities of Islamic family law, with particular emphasis on the rights of women, and focusing on law in its living social context as reflected in public opinion and personal experience. A concluding study ranges further afield in order to explore the challenges and potential of 'principles of shari`a' in advocacy on the question of violence against women. This book makes possible a detailed examination of possibilities of, and constraints on, legal reform in the area of Islamic family law in specific contemporary contexts.

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 316
Release Date:: 2004-09-04
Publication Date:: 2004-06-01
Publisher:: Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1842770950
ISBN13:: 9781842770955
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 540 g
Height:: 156 cm
Width:: 234 cm
Thickness:: 19 cm

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