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Muslim Women and Shari'ah Councils
Samia Bano
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Description for Muslim Women and Shari'ah Councils
Paperback. Using original empirical data and critiquing existing research, Samia Bano explores the experience of British Muslim woman who use Shari'ah councils to resolve marital disputes. She challenges the language of community rights and claims for legal autonomy in matters of family law showing how law and community can empower as well as restrict women. Num Pages: 339 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPA; LAFD; LNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 433.
Using original empirical data and critiquing existing research, Samia Bano explores the experience of British Muslim woman who use Shari'ah councils to resolve marital disputes. She challenges the language of community rights and claims for legal autonomy in matters of family law showing how law and community can empower as well as restrict women.
Using original empirical data and critiquing existing research, Samia Bano explores the experience of British Muslim woman who use Shari'ah councils to resolve marital disputes. She challenges the language of community rights and claims for legal autonomy in matters of family law showing how law and community can empower as well as restrict women.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
339
Condition
New
Number of Pages
329
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349306985
SKU
V9781349306985
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99-15
About Samia Bano
SAMIA BANO lectures in Family law, Gender and Law and Research Methods in Law at the University of Reading Law school, UK, where she was recently been appointed Deputy Director of Research. Samia is recognized as an international scholar in the field of Muslim family law, multiculturalism and gender discrimination. Before joining the law school at Reading Samia worked as a researcher on ... Read more
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