Gender, religion, & family law theorizing conflicts between women's rights and cultural traditions /

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Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Joffe, Lisa Fishbayn, Neil, Sylvia
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, 2013.
Series:Brandeis series on gender, culture, religion & law.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.