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1 online resource (345 pages) |
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Brandeis Series on Gender, Culture, Religion, and Law |
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Brandeis series on gender, culture, religion & law.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
Groundbreaking theoretical and legal approaches to resolving conflicts between gender equality and cultural practices |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Domestic relations -- South Africa
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Customary law.
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Muslims -- Legal status, laws, etc
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Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Legal polycentricity.
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Domestic relations.
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Customary law
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Domestic relations
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Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Legal polycentricity
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Muslims -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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South Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Neil, Sylvia
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| ISBN |
9781611683271 |
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1611683270 |
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