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Competing fundamentalisms and Egyptian women's family rights : international law and the reform of Shari'a-derived legislation /
The debate surrounding womens family rights under Shara-derived law has long been held captive to the competing fundamentalisms of universalism and cultural relativism. These two conflicting perspectives fail to promote practical tools through which such laws can be reformed, without prejudice to th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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| Colección: | Brill's Arab and Islamic laws series ;
v. 4. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The debate surrounding womens family rights under Shara-derived law has long been held captive to the competing fundamentalisms of universalism and cultural relativism. These two conflicting perspectives fail to promote practical tools through which such laws can be reformed, without prejudice to their religious nature. This book examines the development of Egypts Shara-derived family law, and its compatibility with international obligations to eliminate discrimination against women. It highlights the interplay between domestic reform processes, grounded in the tools of takhayyur, talfiq and i. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 300 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004203105 9004203109 1283161486 9781283161480 9786613161482 6613161489 |