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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910150290803321
• Autore: Māniʻ Ilhām
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2016
• ISBN: 1-350-98982-7; 1-78673-022-7; 1-78672-022-1
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (314 pages) : illustrations, tables
• Disciplina: 301.4120942
• Soggetti: Conflict of laws (Islamic law) - Great Britain; Islamic law - Great Britain; Legal polycentricity - Great Britain; Religion and law - Great Britain; Women (Islamic law) - Great Britain; Women - Legal status, laws, etc - Great Britain
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
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• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.