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Human rights under state-enforced religious family laws in Israel, Egypt, and India /

The book shows how state-enforced religious laws impact human rights, and what people do to advance their rights from within.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sezgin, Yüksel, 1974-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Colección:Cambridge studies in law and society.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Personal status, nation-building, and the postcolonial state
  • The impact of state-enforced personal status laws on human rights
  • A fragmented confessional system: state-enforced religious family laws and human rights in Israel
  • A unified confessional system: state-enforced religious family laws and human rights in Egypt
  • A unified semi-confessional system: state-enforced religious family laws and human rights in India
  • Conclusion: upholding human rights under religious legal systems.