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 Islamic principles are harmonized with norms based on gender equality, how parties ba..
Subject of the issue is the treatment of marriages between minors in German law. It is described how...
The question of Muslim women marrying non-Muslim men in Europe poses numerous challenges to Islamic ...
Recent modifications of personal status and of penal codes in some Muslim countries question fundame...
While there are many books on Islamic family law, the literature on its enforcement is scarce. This ...
This is a uniquely comprehensive and up-to-date volume spanning nine regions and 38 Islamic countrie...
Recent controversies involving Islamic family law in the context of liberal jurisdictions (as exempl...
It is often said that marriage in Islamic law is a civil contract, not a sacrament. If this is so, t...
This volume, edited by Nadjma Yassari, a leading authority in the field of Islamic and Middle Easter...
As a country that adheres to secular ideology, the West Country certainly has its own principles in ...
This article focuses on adjudication of Muslim family law in countries that range from the Middle Ea...
North American Muslims seeking to resolve their private disputes confront multifaceted access to jus...
Knowledge of Islamic family law has now become essential due to the massive presence of Muslims in t...
In some Western countries with Muslim minorities, there has been debate in the last few years about ...
Family law is the most powerful law practiced in Islamic history, but this does not mean that it avo...
This volume, edited by Nadjma Yassari, a leading authority in the field of Islamic and Middle Easter...
Subject of the issue is the treatment of marriages between minors in German law. It is described how...
The question of Muslim women marrying non-Muslim men in Europe poses numerous challenges to Islamic ...
Recent modifications of personal status and of penal codes in some Muslim countries question fundame...
While there are many books on Islamic family law, the literature on its enforcement is scarce. This ...
This is a uniquely comprehensive and up-to-date volume spanning nine regions and 38 Islamic countrie...
Recent controversies involving Islamic family law in the context of liberal jurisdictions (as exempl...
It is often said that marriage in Islamic law is a civil contract, not a sacrament. If this is so, t...
This volume, edited by Nadjma Yassari, a leading authority in the field of Islamic and Middle Easter...
As a country that adheres to secular ideology, the West Country certainly has its own principles in ...
This article focuses on adjudication of Muslim family law in countries that range from the Middle Ea...
North American Muslims seeking to resolve their private disputes confront multifaceted access to jus...
Knowledge of Islamic family law has now become essential due to the massive presence of Muslims in t...
In some Western countries with Muslim minorities, there has been debate in the last few years about ...
Family law is the most powerful law practiced in Islamic history, but this does not mean that it avo...
This volume, edited by Nadjma Yassari, a leading authority in the field of Islamic and Middle Easter...
Subject of the issue is the treatment of marriages between minors in German law. It is described how...
The question of Muslim women marrying non-Muslim men in Europe poses numerous challenges to Islamic ...
Recent modifications of personal status and of penal codes in some Muslim countries question fundame...