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Gender, religion, & family law : theorizing conflicts between women's rights and cultural traditions / edited by Lisa Fishbayn Joffe and Sylvia Neil.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Brandeis series on gender, culture, religion & law.
- Brandeis series on gender, culture, religion, and law
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Domestic relations.
- Legal polycentricity.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Jews.
- Muslims--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Muslims.
- Customary law.
- Domestic relations--South Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (345 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Groundbreaking theoretical and legal approaches to resolving conflicts between gender equality and cultural practices
- 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 Kinø Camara.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-87395-8
- 1-61168-327-0
- OCLC:
- 823388684
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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