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Forced marriage : introducing a social justice and human rights perspective /

Forced Marriage brings together leading practitioners and researchers from the disciplines of criminology, sociology and law to provide a compelling alternative perspective to the problem of forced marriage. The volume examines advances in theoretical debates, analyses existing research and presents...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gill, Aisha K., Anitha, Sundari
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Zed Books, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Understanding forced marriage : definitions and realities / Geetanjali Gangoli [and others]
  • Reconceptualising consent and coercion within an intersectional understanding of forced marriage / Sundari Anitha, Aisha K. Gill
  • Forced marriage : the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act 1998 / Shazia Choudhry
  • Border control to prevent forced marriages : choosing between protecting women and protecting the nation / Anja Bredal
  • The social construction of forced marriage and its 'victim' in media coverage and crime policy discourses / Sundari Anitha, Aisha K. Gill
  • Forced marriage legislation in the UK : a critique / Aisha K. Gill, Sundari Anitha
  • The law, the courts and their effectiveness / Teertha Gupta, Khatun Sapnara
  • The practice of law-making and the problem of forced marriage : what is the role of the Muslim Arbitration Tribunal? / Samia Bano
  • Constructing victims, construing credibility : forced marriage, Pakistani women and the UK asylum process / Marzia Balzani
  • 'Wayward girls' and 'well-wisher parents' : habeas corpus, women's rights to personal liberty, consent to marriage and the Bangladeshi courts / Sara Hossain.