16%OFF
Gender and Equality in Muslim Family Law: Justice and Ethics in the Islamic Legal Tradition
Mir Hosseini Ziba Vo
€ 31.99
€ 26.96
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Gender and Equality in Muslim Family Law: Justice and Ethics in the Islamic Legal Tradition
Paperback. BIC Classification: LNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 275 x 24. Weight in Grams: 396.
Gender equality is a modern ideal, which has only recently, with the expansion of human rights and feminist discourses, become inherent to generally accepted conceptions of justice. In Islam, as in other religious traditions, the idea of equality between men and women was neither central to notions of justice nor part of the juristic landscape, and Muslim jurists did not begin to address it until the twentieth century. The personal status of Muslim men, women and children continues to be defined by understandings of Islamic law codified and adapted by modern nation-states that assume authority to be the natural ... Read more
Gender equality is a modern ideal, which has only recently, with the expansion of human rights and feminist discourses, become inherent to generally accepted conceptions of justice. In Islam, as in other religious traditions, the idea of equality between men and women was neither central to notions of justice nor part of the juristic landscape, and Muslim jurists did not begin to address it until the twentieth century. The personal status of Muslim men, women and children continues to be defined by understandings of Islamic law codified and adapted by modern nation-states that assume authority to be the natural ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784537401
SKU
V9781784537401
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Mir Hosseini Ziba Vo
Ziba Mir-Hosseini is a legal anthropologist, specializing in Islamic law, gender and development, and a founding member of the Musawah Global Movement for Equality and Justice in the Muslim Family. She has published books on Islamic family law in Iran and Morocco, Iranian clerical discourses on gender, Islamic reformist thinkers, and the revival of zina laws. She has also co-directed ... Read more
Reviews for Gender and Equality in Muslim Family Law: Justice and Ethics in the Islamic Legal Tradition