Muslim family law in Western courts / edited by Elisa Giunchi.

Contributor(s): Giunchi, Elisa [editor.]Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world seriesPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2014. Description: xvi, 196 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780415819770 (hardback)Subject(s): Domestic relations (Islamic law) -- Western countries | Conflict of laws -- Domestic relations -- Western countries | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / GeneralDDC classification: 346.167015 LOC classification: KBP540.3 | .M875 2014Other classification: SOC008000

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TOC Contents: Muslim family law and legal practice in the West : an introduction / Elisa Giunchi -- Shari'a in the West : colonial consciousness in a context of normative competition / Prakash Shah -- Please divorce me! Subversive agency, resistance and gendered religious scripts / Pascale Fournier -- Judicial encounters with Islamic and Middle Eastern family law in Switzerland from a private international law perspective -- marriage and divorce / Andrea Bèuchler and Amira Latif -- The recognition of transnational Muslim marriages and divorces by Norwegian courts and other competent authorities : dynamics between legislation and legal practice / Katja Jansen Fredriksen -- Islamic family law in the courts : Spain's position with regard to the Moroccan Family Code / Ana Quiänones Escâamez -- An analysis of British judicial treatment of Islamic divorces, 1997-2009 / Al-Rahim Moosa and Denise Helly -- Can there be a compromise? Australia's confusion regarding shari'a family law / Ann Black -- Islamic family law in American courts : a rich, diverse and evolving jurisprudence / Abed Awad.

Summary: Summary: "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

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section	Non-fiction	346.167015 MUS 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Not For Loan		26909

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

TOC Contents: Muslim family law and legal practice in the West : an introduction / Elisa Giunchi --
Shari'a in the West : colonial consciousness in a context of normative competition / Prakash Shah --
Please divorce me! Subversive agency, resistance and gendered religious scripts / Pascale Fournier --
Judicial encounters with Islamic and Middle Eastern family law in Switzerland from a private international law perspective --
marriage and divorce / Andrea Bèuchler and Amira Latif --
The recognition of transnational Muslim marriages and divorces by Norwegian courts and other competent authorities : dynamics between legislation and legal practice / Katja Jansen Fredriksen --
Islamic family law in the courts : Spain's position with regard to the Moroccan Family Code / Ana Quiänones Escâamez --
An analysis of British judicial treatment of Islamic divorces, 1997-2009 / Al-Rahim Moosa and Denise Helly --
Can there be a compromise? Australia's confusion regarding shari'a family law / Ann Black --
Islamic family law in American courts : a rich, diverse and evolving jurisprudence / Abed Awad.

Summary:
"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

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