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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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The human rights of women in a specific cultural context
- The sources of international women's rights law and international enforcement mechanisms
- The prohibition of gender discrimination under CEDAW and the role of the CEDAW committee
- Shari'a-based reservations : the law and politics of invalidity
- Shari'a law and the development of Egypt's personal status legislation
- Gender (in)equality and the Shari'a in Egypt's constitution : the Supreme Constitutional Court's jurisprudence
- Marriage, divorce, and inheritance : unequal power structures and women's equality rights
- The positive prospects for personal status law reform : two steps forward
- Domestic enforcement of women's human rights : current challenges.