Women and Shari'a law : the impact of legal pluralism in the UK / by Elham Manea.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Māniʻ, Ilhām, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conflict of laws (Islamic law)--Great Britain.

Conflict of laws (Islamic law).

Islamic law--Great Britain.

Islamic law.

Legal polycentricity--Great Britain.

Legal polycentricity.

Religion and law--Great Britain.

Religion and law.

Women (Islamic law)--Great Britain.

Women (Islamic law).

Women--Legal status, laws, etc--Great Britain.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 pages) : illustrations, tables

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2016.

Summary:

"In response to recent media controversy and public debate about legal pluralism and multiculturalism, Manea argues against what she identifies as the growing tendency for people to be treated as 'homogenous groups' in Western academic discourse, rather than as individuals with authentic voices. Building on her knowledge of the situation for women in Middle Eastern and Islamic countries, she undertakes first-hand analysis of the Islamic shari'a councils and Muslim arbitration tribunals in various British cities. Based on meetings with the leading sheikhs - including the only woman on their panels - as well as interviews with experts on extremism, lawyers and activists in civil society and women's rights groups, Manea offers an impassioned critique of legal pluralism, connecting it with political Islam and detailing the lived experiences of women in Muslim communities."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Debate

Chapter 2. A Critical Review of the Essentialist Paradigm

Chapter 3. Islamic Law in the West: The Case of Britain

Chapter 4. Legal Pluralism in Practice

Chapter 5. Islamic Law and Human Rights Between Theory

and Reality: Britain as a Showcase

Chapter 6. Islamism and Islamic Law in the West: Stating the Obvious? Britain as an Example

Chapter 7. Contextualising the Debate in Women's Reality: Shari'a Law Contested

Conclusion: Time for a Paradigm Shift.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350989825

1350989827

9781786730220

1786730227

9781786720221

1786720221

OCLC:

963595670