Reforming Family Law: Social and Political Change in Jordan and Morocco
Implementation of Islamic family law varies widely across North Africa and the Middle East, here Dörthe Engelcke explores the reasons for this.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Engelcke, Dörthe, Reforming family law] (2021) (Sonneveld, Nadia)
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| Series/Journal: | Cambridge Middle East Studies
v.55 |
| Further subjects: | B
Law reform-Morocco
B Law reform-Jordan B Domestic relations-Morocco B Domestic relations-Jordan B Electronic books B Government / POLITICAL SCIENCE / International.-bisacsh |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781108496612 |
| Summary: | Implementation of Islamic family law varies widely across North Africa and the Middle East, here Dörthe Engelcke explores the reasons for this. Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Acronyms -- 1 Introduction -- Family Law and State Control -- Moving Beyond the Gender Focus -- Authoritarianism: Functionalism and Its Pitfalls -- Fields, Autonomy, and Cultural Capital -- The Impact of International Law -- What Is a Reform and How Does It Happen? -- Notes on Methodology and Sources -- Organization of the Book -- 2 Colonial Legal Legacies and State-Building -- Law and State Power before the Creation of the Jordanian Mandate -- The Tanzimat: Centralizing the Legal System -- The Ottoman Law of Family Rights of 1917 -- The British Mandate -- Legal Reforms Implemented after Independence -- Law and State Power before the Creation of the Moroccan Protectorate -- The French Protectorate -- Legal Reforms Implemented after Independence -- Conclusion -- 3 The Contemporary Legal Systems -- The Jordanian Judicial Fields: Religious and Regular Courts -- Judges' Cultural Capital in Jordan -- Religious Capital in the Courtroom -- Women in the Jordanian Judiciary -- The Moroccan Judicial Field: A Unified System -- Judges' Cultural Capital in Morocco -- Women in the Moroccan Judiciary -- International Law and Gender Equality in the Constitution -- Conclusion -- 4 The Impact of International Law -- Institutional Change as a Result of the CEDAW -- Negotiating the CEDAW: The State, Women's Groups, and the UN -- The Jordanian Government's Engagement with the CEDAW -- The Moroccan Government's Engagement with CEDAW -- Advocacy for and against CEDAW -- The Campaigns for and against Lifting All Reservations to CEDAW -- Opposition against CEDAW in Jordan -- Opposition against CEDAW in Morocco -- Islamists Attending CEDAW Meetings -- Composition of the CEDAW Delegations. |
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| ISBN: | 1108757294 |