Gender, religion, & family law theorizing conflicts between women's rights and cultural traditions / [electronic resource] :
Gender, religion, and family law
edited by Lisa Fishbayn Joffe and Sylvia Neil.
- Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, 2013.
- xxxvi, 308 p.
- Brandeis series on gender, culture, religion, and law .
- Brandeis series on gender, culture, religion & law. .
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 Kinø Camara.
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Domestic relations. Legal polycentricity. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc. Muslims--Legal status, laws, etc. Customary law. Domestic relations--South Africa.