Muslim Women and Shari'ah Councils
Transcending the Boundaries of Community and Law
Authors: Bano, S.
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- About this book
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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. She challenges the language of community rights and claims for legal autonomy in matters of family law showing how law and community can empower as well as restrict women.
- About the authors
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SAMIA BANO lectures in Family law, Gender and Law and Research Methods in Law at the University of Reading Law school, UK, where she was recently been appointed Deputy Director of Research. Samia is recognized as an international scholar in the field of Muslim family law, multiculturalism and gender discrimination. Before joining the law school at Reading Samia worked as a researcher on a number of projects in the area of legal policy and practice and gender equality.
- Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Multiculturalism and Secularism in the British Context
Pages 3-25
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South Asian Muslims and State-Law Relations
Pages 26-53
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Background to the Study
Pages 54-69
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Shari’ah Councils in Britain
Pages 73-99
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Shari’ah Councils and the Practice of Law-Making
Pages 100-141
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Muslim Women and Shari'ah Councils
- Book Subtitle
- Transcending the Boundaries of Community and Law
- Authors
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- S. Bano
- Copyright
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-137-28385-6
- DOI
- 10.1057/9781137283856
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-230-22148-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-349-30698-5
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- X, 329
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