Women and Muslim family laws in Arab states a comparative overview of textual development and advocacy

Muslim family law and its principles 15 regarding marriage, divorce, personal maintenance, paternity, and child custody is one of the most widely applied family law systems in existence today. A number of states have recently codified Muslim family law.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Welchman, Lynn (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Holandés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press c2007.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:ISIM series on contemporary Muslim societies.
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427560806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Codification of Muslim Personal Status Law in Arab States: principle and processes
  • Arab State Codifications and Women's Rights Advocacy in the Third Phase of Family Law Reform
  • Shar'i Postulates, Statutory Law and the Judiciary
  • Registration Requirements
  • Capacity and Consent
  • Polygyny
  • The Marital Relationship
  • Divorce
  • Parents and Children
  • Concluding Comment
  • List of Statutes Cited
  • Notes
  • Glossary of Arabic Terms
  • Bibliography
  • Index.