Islamic Family Law (Arab and Islamic Laws Series)

✍ Scribed by Chibli Mallet, Jane Connors (eds.)

• Publisher: Graham & Trotman
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 408
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

There have been significant devlopments in the evolution of Islamic Law with respect to the family especially in those countries where the Shari'a tradition is influential. The aim of this book is to cover the current research into the most challenging areas of Islamic family law. The articles which are included are central to the interests of influential groups in many Islamic countries and to the perceived rights of significant minorities throughout the non-Islamic world. The book addresses issues such as the development of the law of succession, the colonial encounter and its impact on Islamic family law, as well as critical areas in the contemporary family law of the Middle East, South Asia, South East Asia, China and Europe. Special attention is given to the law of minorities in their relation to the State.

✦ Table of Contents

Series Information
......Page 1
Title Page
......Page 2
Copyright
......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 4
Note on the Contributors......Page 6
Foreword......Page 10
Transliteration......Page 13
1. Introduction- Islamic Family Law: Variations on State Identity and C
ommunity Rights......Page 14
PART 1- THE MIDDLE EAST......Page 22
2. The Islamic Inheritance System: A Socio-Historical Approach / David S. Powers
......Page 24
3. A Comparative Approach to the Treatment of Non-Muslim Minorities in the Middle East, with Special Reference to Egypt /
Ian Edge......Page 44
4. Divorce in Contemporary Iran:
A Male Prerogative in Self-Will / Shahla Haeri......Page 68
5. Shi'ism and Sunnism in Iraq: Revisiting the Codes /
Chibli Mallat......Page 84
6. Family Law under Occupation: Islamic Law and the Shari'a Courts in the West Bank / Lynn Welchman......Page 106
PART II- EUROPE......Page 130
7. Get and Talaq in English Law: Reflections on Law and Policy /
Bernard Berkovits......Page 132
8. The Claim to a Separate Islamic System of Personal Law for British Muslims /
Sebastian Poulter......Page 160
9. Muslim Migrants in France and Germany: Law and Policy in Family and Group Identity /
Riva Kastoryano......Page 180
10. Islamic Law, Gender and the Policies of Exile The Palestinian in West Berlin: A Case Study /
Dima Abdulrahim......Page 194
PART III
- SOUTH ASIA, SOUTH EAST ASIA, CHINA......Page 216
11. Islamic Law and the Colonial Encounter in British India /
Michael Anderson......Page 218
12. Khaek, Moro, Rohinga- The Family Law of Three South East Asian Muslim Minorities /
Andrew Huxley......Page 238
13. The Reform of Islamic Family Law and a Unform Civil Code for India /
Werner F. Menski......Page 266
14. Islamic Family Law Latest Developments in India /
Tahir Mahmood......Page 308
15. Three Decades of Executive, Legislative and Judicial Amendments to Islamic Family Law in Pakistan /
David Pearl......Page 334
16. A Note on Islamic Family Law and Islamization in Pakistan /
Riazul Hasan Gilani......Page 352
17. New Lamps for Old: The Evolving Legal Position of Islam in China, With Special Reference to Family Law /
A. R. Dicks......Page 360
Index......Page 402