How might the United States reconcile conflicts between equality and religious freedom in the realm of family law? To answer this question, this chapter considers recent developments in family (personal status) law in Israel. While Israel may at first blush appear to be the last place that feminists and queer theorists should look for solutions to modern conflicts between democratic and religious values, this chapter argues that the Israeli experience has much to offer critical family scholars working to develop pluralistic legal approaches to family regulation. Israel is a country with a diverse population and unique political and legal context that has generated a rich (if imperfect) set of compromises among its religious, secular, and et...
Identity, though deeply personal, has often been exploited by the ruling class in order to gain powe...
Identity, though deeply personal, has often been exploited by the ruling class in order to gain powe...
This policy paper examines the intersections between domestic violence and the sovereignty Israeli r...
How might the United States reconcile conflicts between equality and religious freedom in the realm ...
In Israel’s legal system, equality is a fundamental principle. LGBT people in Israel suffer from dis...
In many regions of the world, rights guaranteed under the civil law, including rights to gender equa...
The Article begins by analyzing the characteristics of the right to family life and examining variou...
This essay aims to examine the question of the prospects of reform of religious laws, from the persp...
The first area of discussion is the structure of each government system. This analysis not only sets...
Published online: 27 January 2016In the first chapter the historical relationship of Judaism and Zio...
This chapter considers how civil and religious family law intersect in the U.S. legal system and how...
Recent controversies involving Islamic family law in the context of liberal jurisdictions (as exempl...
Recent controversies involving Islamic family law in the context of liberal jurisdictions (as exempl...
Speaking in June 2008 at a symposium on constitutions and marriage at Bar-Ilan University School of ...
In Israel, religious identity can serve to identify the governing law in a number of circumstanc...
Identity, though deeply personal, has often been exploited by the ruling class in order to gain powe...
Identity, though deeply personal, has often been exploited by the ruling class in order to gain powe...
This policy paper examines the intersections between domestic violence and the sovereignty Israeli r...
How might the United States reconcile conflicts between equality and religious freedom in the realm ...
In Israel’s legal system, equality is a fundamental principle. LGBT people in Israel suffer from dis...
In many regions of the world, rights guaranteed under the civil law, including rights to gender equa...
The Article begins by analyzing the characteristics of the right to family life and examining variou...
This essay aims to examine the question of the prospects of reform of religious laws, from the persp...
The first area of discussion is the structure of each government system. This analysis not only sets...
Published online: 27 January 2016In the first chapter the historical relationship of Judaism and Zio...
This chapter considers how civil and religious family law intersect in the U.S. legal system and how...
Recent controversies involving Islamic family law in the context of liberal jurisdictions (as exempl...
Recent controversies involving Islamic family law in the context of liberal jurisdictions (as exempl...
Speaking in June 2008 at a symposium on constitutions and marriage at Bar-Ilan University School of ...
In Israel, religious identity can serve to identify the governing law in a number of circumstanc...
Identity, though deeply personal, has often been exploited by the ruling class in order to gain powe...
Identity, though deeply personal, has often been exploited by the ruling class in order to gain powe...
This policy paper examines the intersections between domestic violence and the sovereignty Israeli r...