Gender, religion, & family law

Gender, religion, & family law theorizing conflicts between women's rights and cultural traditions / [electronic resource] : Gender, religion, and family law edited by Lisa Fishbayn Joffe and Sylvia Neil. - Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, 2013. - xxxvi, 308 p. - Brandeis series on gender, culture, religion, and law . - Brandeis series on gender, culture, religion & law. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 Kin� Camara.


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9781611683257 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781611683264 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781611683271 (e-book)




Domestic relations.
Legal polycentricity.
Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.
Muslims--Legal status, laws, etc.
Customary law.
Domestic relations--South Africa.


Electronic books.

K670 / .G435 2013eb

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