Gender, Religion, and Family Law : Theorizing Conflicts Between Women's Rights and Cultural Traditions.

Groundbreaking theoretical and legal approaches to resolving conflicts between gender equality and cultural practices.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Joffe, Lisa Fishbayn
Other Authors:	Neil, Sylvia
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Lebanon : Brandeis University Press, 2012.
Series:	Brandeis series on gender, culture, religion & law.
Subjects:	Domestic relations > South Africa. Customary law. Muslims > Legal status, laws, etc. Jews > Legal status, laws, etc. Legal polycentricity. Domestic relations. Customary law Domestic relations Legal polycentricity South Africa
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : theorizing conflicts between women's rights and religious laws / Lisa Fishbayn Joffe
Principles or compromises : accommodating gender equality and religious freedom in multicultural societies / Martha Minow
Privatizing diversity : a cautionary tale from religious arbitration in family law / Ayelet Shachar
Marriage pluralism, family law jurisdiction, and sex equality in the united states / Linda C. McClain
From religious "right" to civil "wrong" : using Israeli tort law to unravel the knots of gender, equality, and Jewish divorce / Susan Weiss
Flirting with god in western secular courts : mahr in the west / Pascale Fournier
Muslim family law in South Africa : conflating the right to religion with the privileging of religion? / Rashida Manjoo
Recognition of polygamous marriages in the new South Africa / Likhapha Mbatha and Lisa Fishbayn Joffe
Women, resources, and changing the religious system: a case study of the orthodox Jewish wedding ritual / Irit Koren
The yoetzet halakhah : avoiding conflict while instituting change / Michal Roness
The temple of women initiates project: a framework for culturally meaningful feminist expression in rural areas / Fatou Kino Camara.

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