Adjudicating family law in Muslim courts / edited by Elisa Giunchi.
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TextSeries: Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world series: 29.Publisher: London ; New York Routledge 2016Edition: First issued in paperbackDescription: XIX, 166 SeitenContent type: Media type: Carrier type: ISBN: 9781138687387; 1138687383; 9780415811859; 0415811856; 9781315867830; 1315867834Subject(s): Domestic relations (Islamic law) | Domestic relations / Islamic countries | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General / bisacsh | Domestic relations / fast | Domestic relations (Islamic law) / fast | Islam | Prozessrecht | Familienrecht | Islamic countries / fast | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General | Domestic relations | Domestic relations (Islamic law) | Islamic countriesGenre/Form: Aufsatzsammlung.DDC classification: 346.1671015 LOC classification: KBP540.3 | .A35 2016Other classification: PW 9400 Online resources: Inhaltsverzeichnis Summary: "While there are many books on Islamic family law, the literature on its enforcement is scarce. This book focuses on how Islamic family law is interpreted and applied by judges in a range of Muslim countries, Sunni and Shi'a, as well as Arab and non-Arab. It thereby aids the understanding of shari'a law in practice in a number of different cultural and political settings. It shows how the existence of differing views of what shari'a is, as well as the presence of a vast body of legal material which judges can refer to, make it possible for courts to interpret Islamic law in creative and innovative ways"--"While there are many books on Islamic family law, the literature on its enforcement is scarce. This book focuses on how Islamic family law is interpreted and applied by judges in a range of Muslim countries -- Sunni and Shi'a, as well as Arab and non-Arab. It thereby aids the understanding of shari'a law in practice in a number of different cultural and political settings. It shows how the existence of differing views of what shari'a is, as well as the presence of a vast body of legal material which judges can refer to, make it possible for courts to interpret Islamic law in creative and innovative ways"--.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"While there are many books on Islamic family law, the literature on its enforcement is scarce. This book focuses on how Islamic family law is interpreted and applied by judges in a range of Muslim countries, Sunni and Shi'a, as well as Arab and non-Arab. It thereby aids the understanding of shari'a law in practice in a number of different cultural and political settings. It shows how the existence of differing views of what shari'a is, as well as the presence of a vast body of legal material which judges can refer to, make it possible for courts to interpret Islamic law in creative and innovative ways"--"While there are many books on Islamic family law, the literature on its enforcement is scarce. This book focuses on how Islamic family law is interpreted and applied by judges in a range of Muslim countries -- Sunni and Shi'a, as well as Arab and non-Arab. It thereby aids the understanding of shari'a law in practice in a number of different cultural and political settings. It shows how the existence of differing views of what shari'a is, as well as the presence of a vast body of legal material which judges can refer to, make it possible for courts to interpret Islamic law in creative and innovative ways"--.
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