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

Contributor(s): Joffe, Lisa Fishbayn | Neil, Sylvia | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Brandeis series on gender, culture, religion & lawPublication details: Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, 2013Description: xxxvi, 308 pISBN: 9781611683271 (electronic bk.)Other title: Gender, religion, and family lawSubject(s): Domestic relations | Legal polycentricity | Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc | Muslims -- Legal status, laws, etc | Customary law | Domestic relations -- South AfricaGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 346.01/5 LOC classification: K670 | .G435 2013Online resources: Click to View
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 Kin Camara.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 Kin Camara.

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