Women judges in the Muslim world : a comparative study of discourse and practice / edited by Nadia Sonneveld and Monika Lindbekk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sonneveld, Nadia, editor.

Lindbekk, Monika, editor.

Series:

Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world ; v. 15.

Women and gender: the Middle East and the Islamic world ; volume 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women judges (Islamic law).

Women judges--Islamic countries.

Women judges.

Islamic countries.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 324 pages): illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, [2017]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Women Judges in the Muslim World: A Comparative Study of Discourse and Practice' fills a gap in academic scholarship by examining public debates and judicial practices surrounding the performance of women as judges in eight Muslim-majority countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Morocco). Gender, class, and ethnic biases are inscribed in laws, particularly in the domain of shari'a-derived family law. Editors Nadia Sonneveld and Monika Lindbekk have carefully woven together the extensive fieldwork and expertise of each author. The result is a rich tapestry that brings out the various effects of women judges in the management of justice. In contrast to early scholarship, they convincingly prove that ?the woman judge? does not exist --Back cover.

Contents:

Foreword : making the case for women judges in the Muslin World / Valentine M. Moghadom

Introduction : a historical overview of gender and judicial authority in the Muslin World / Nadia Soneveld and Monika Lindbekk

Do female judges judge differently? Empirical realities of a theoretical debate / Ulrike Schultz

Women's access to legal education and their appointment to the judiciary : the Dutch, Egyptian, and Indonesian cases compared / Nadia Sonneveld

Female judges at Idonesian religious courtrooms : opportunities and challenges to gender equality / Euis Nurlaelawati an Arskal Salim

Seeking Portia and the Duke : male and female judges dispensing justice in paternity cases in Morocco / Nadia Sonneveld

Female judges in Malaysian Sharia courts : a problem of gender or legal interpretation? / Najibah Mohd Zin

Tunisian female judges and 'The mobilization of the emancipative potential of the Tunisian family law' / Maaike Voorhoeve

Lady judges of Pakistan : embodying the cangig living tradition of Islam / Rubya Mehdi

The politics of exclusion : women public prosecutors and criminal court judges in Syria (1975-2009) / Monique C. Cardinal

The best of times, the worst of times : State-Salaried female legal professionals and foreign policy in post-Qadhafi Libya / Jessica Carlisle

Women judges in Egypt : discourse and practice / Monika Lindbekk.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Women judges in the Muslim world.

ISBN:

9789004342200

9004342206

OCLC:

987309551

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