Interpreting divorce laws in Islam /

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Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:Copenhagen : Djøf Pub., 2012.
Description:317 p. ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8969630
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Other authors / contributors:Mehdi, Rubya.
Menski, Werner.
Nielsen, Jørgen S.
ISBN:9788757424775 (paperback)
8757424772 (paperback)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • Interpreting women's rights of divorce
  • Theoretical reflections
  • Interpreting divorce laws in Pakistan / Muhammad Khalid Masud
  • Realities: case study and reforms
  • The politics of divorce laws in Iran / Ziba Mir-Hosseini
  • Egyptian Khul: legal reform, courtroom practices and realities of women / Mulki Al-Sharmani
  • Justice for everyone? Implementation of Morocco's 2004 Mudawana reforms / Rachel Newcomb
  • Comparative
  • Divorce at the woman's initiative in India, in Pakistan and in the diasporas / Livia Holden
  • The right to divorce for women (Khul') in Islam: comparative practices in Mauritania and Egypt / Corinne Fortier
  • Reform trends in Western countries
  • Muslim divorces in Denmark: findings from an empirical investigation / Anika Liversage
  • In the shadow of the law / Ralph D. Grillo
  • No-fault talaq: divorce in Canadian immigration and family law / Pascale Fournier, Aida Setrakian, Pascal McDougall
  • Muslim women, divorce and Shari'ah Councils in Britain / Samia Bono
  • Secular perspectives of divorce
  • Muslim divorce law reform in secular India / Tahir Mahmood
  • Divorce: how Danish law became liberal and what to do now? / Annette Kronborg, Idamarie Leth Svendsen.