Women and Muslim family laws in Arab states a comparative overview of textual development and advocacy
A number of Arab states have recently either codified Muslim family law for the first time, or have issued amendments or new laws which significantly impact the statutory rights of women as wives, mothers and daughters. In Women and Muslim Family Laws in Arab States Lynn Welchman examines women'...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Amsterdam?] :
Amsterdam University Press
2007.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
ISIM series on contemporary Muslim societies. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31625587*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- I. Introduction
- II. Codification of Muslim Personal Status Law in Arab States: principle and processes. Current debates: Bahrain and Iraq
- Legislation, judicial discretion and political process
- III. Arab State Codifications and Women's Rights Advocacy in the Third Phase of Family Law Reform. International law and Muslim family law
- Women's rights advocacy
- Recent legislative developments
- IV. Shar'i Postulates, Statutory Law and the Judiciary. Tunisia and the shar'i postulate
- Judicial interpretation and legislative direction
- V. Registration Requirements. Unregistered and 'urfi marriage
- Overview
- VI. Capacity and Consent. Minimum age of marriage
- The Jordanian debate on raising the minimum age of capacity for marriage
- Guardianship in marriage
- The role of the guardian
- Overview
- VII. Polygyny. Constraints on polygyny in contemporary legislation
- Lawful benefit and financial capacity
- Notification requirements and consent of the wife
- Divorce options and validity issues
- Overview
- VIII. The Marital Relationship. Dower
- Maintenance and obedience
- Special stipulations in the marriage contract
- Misyar marriage
- Overview
- IX. Divorce. Statutory approaches to unilateral talaq and judicial divorce
- Judicial khul' in Egypt
- Judicial khul' in Jordan
- Other approaches to judicial khul'
- Divorce as a judicial process
- Compensation
- Post-divorce rights to the marital home
- Overview
- X. Parents and Children. Period of custody
- Allocation of custody
- Paternity and adoption
- Overview
- XI. Concluding Comment
- List of Statutes Cited
- Selected Statutory Provisions. Marriage Guardianship and Capacity
- Polygyny
- The Marital Relationship
- Stipulations
- Judicial Khul' and comparable divorce provisions
- Compensation for injurious/arbitrary divorce.
