Muslim marriage in Western courts : lost in transplantation /

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This book describes and analyzes the notion of Mahr, the Muslim custom whereby the groom has to give a gift to the bride in consideration of the marriage. It explores how Western courts, specifically in Canada, the United States, France, and Germany, have approached and interpreted Mahr. Returning t...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fournier, Pascale
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2010.
Colección:Cultural diversity and law.
Temas:
Dowry (Islamic law)
Marriage (Islamic law)
Conflict of laws > Marriage.
Dot (Droit islamique)
Mariage > Droit islamique.
Mariage (Droit international privé)
86.14 Islamic law.
REFERENCE > Weddings.
Conflict of laws > Marriage
Matrimonial law.
Islamic law.
Wedding present.
Eherecht > Islam.
Islamisches Recht > Heirat.
Heirat > Islamisches Recht.
Äktenskap > islamisk rätt.
Hemgift.
Kollisionsnormer.
Canada.
United States.
France.
Germany.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Cases; Foreword
  • Janet Halley; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Roots of Mahr and the Hybrid Transplant: Introducing Mahr as an Islamic Legal Conception; 2 When Mahr Travels: Adjudicating Mahr in Canada, the United States, France and Germany; 3 Nourishing the Transplanted Law: Fertile Soil or Rocky Ground?; 4 Contradictions in the Reception of Mahr as Ideology and Subjectivity; 5 Samir and Leila Revisited: The Adjudication and Reception of Mahr and its Subjective.

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