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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820049303321

Titolo

Gender, religion, & family law : theorizing conflicts between women's rights and cultural traditions / / edited by Lisa Fishbayn Joffe and Sylvia Neil

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waltham, Mass., : Brandeis University Press, 2013

ISBN

1-283-87395-8

1-61168-327-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Collana

Brandeis series on gender, culture, religion, and law

Altri autori (Persone)

JoffeLisa Fishbayn

NeilSylvia

Disciplina

346.01/5

Soggetti

Domestic relations

Legal polycentricity

Jews - Legal status, laws, etc

Muslims - Legal status, laws, etc

Customary law

Domestic relations - South Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 Kinø Camara.

Sommario/riassunto

Groundbreaking theoretical and legal approaches to resolving conflicts between gender equality and cultural practices