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008			130920s2014 enk g b 001 0 eng d
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020			_a9780415819770 (hardback)
020			_z9781315796369 (ebook)
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _erda _dDLC _dBD-DhEWU
041			_aeng
050	0	0	_aKBP540.3 _b.M875 2014
082	0	4	_a346.167015 _bMUS 2014
084			_aSOC008000 _2bisacsh
245	0	0	_aMuslim family law in Western courts / _cedited by Elisa Giunchi.
260			_aLondon ; _aNew York : _bRoutledge, _c2014.
300			_axvi, 196 p. ; _c24 cm.
490	0		_aDurham modern Middle East and Islamic world series.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_tTOC _aContents: 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.
520			_aSummary: "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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590			_aSaifun Momota
650		0	_aDomestic relations (Islamic law) _zWestern countries. _919798
650		0	_aConflict of laws _xDomestic relations _zWestern countries. _919799
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General. _2bisacsh _919800
700	1		_aGiunchi, Elisa, _eeditor. _919801
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