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Muslim women and Shari'ah Councils : transcending the boundaries of community and law / Samia Bano.
- Title
- Muslim women and Shari'ah Councils : transcending the boundaries of community and law / Samia Bano.
- Author
- Bano, Samia
- Publication
- Houndsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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Details
- Description
- x, 329 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- Using original empirical data and critiquing existing research, Samia Bano explores the experience of British Muslim woman who use Shari'ah councils to resolve marital disputes.
- Subject
- Matrimonial actions (Islamic law) > Great Britain
- Islamic courts > Great Britain
- Muslim women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Great Britain
- Causes matrimoniales (Droit islamique)
- Tribunaux islamiques > Grande-Bretagne
- 86.14 Islamic law
- Islamic courts
- Matrimonial actions (Islamic law)
- Muslim women > Legal status, laws, etc
- Familienrecht
- Muslimin
- Ehescheidung
- Islam
- Recht
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Multiculturalism and secularism in the British context -- South Asian Muslims and state-law relations -- Background to the study -- Shari'ah councils in Britain -- Shari'ah councils and the practice of law-making -- Personal experiences of marriage -- Muslim women, divorce and Shari'ah councils -- Shari'ah councils and civil law -- Conclusion : justice in the "shadow of law"?
- ISBN
- 9780230221482
- 0230221483
- LCCN
- 2012492088
- OCLC
- 794708333
- SCSB-10105776
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library