Gender, Religion, and Family Law : Theorizing Conflicts between Women's Rights and Cultural Traditions / edited by Lisa Fishbayn Joffe and Sylvia Neil.

Other author Neil, Sylvia.
Other author Joffe, Lisa Fishbayn.
Other author Project Muse.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWaltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, 2012. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
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SeriesBrandeis series on gender, culture, religion, and law
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Brandeis series on gender, culture, religion & law. ^A1093086
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 Kino Camara.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2012011027
ISBN9781611683271

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