Women judges in the Muslim world : a comparative study of discourse and practice /

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Women Judges in the Muslim World: A Comparative Study of Discourse and Practice' fills a gap in academic scholarship by examining public debates and judicial practices surrounding the performance of women as judges in eight Muslim-majority countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Syria, Egypt,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Sonneveld, Nadia (Editor), Lindbekk, Monika (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden : Brill, [2017]
Series:Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world ; v. 15.
Subjects:
Women judges (Islamic law)
Women judges > Islamic countries.
Femmes juges (Droit islamique)
Femmes juges > Pays musulmans.
LAW > Essays.
LAW > General Practice.
LAW > Jurisprudence.
LAW > Paralegals & Paralegalism.
LAW > Practical Guides.
LAW > Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Islamic Studies.
Women judges
Islamic countries
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword : making the case for women judges in the Muslin World / Valentine M. Moghadom
  • Introduction : a historical overview of gender and judicial authority in the Muslin World / Nadia Soneveld and Monika Lindbekk
  • Do female judges judge differently? Empirical realities of a theoretical debate / Ulrike Schultz
  • Women's access to legal education and their appointment to the judiciary : the Dutch, Egyptian, and Indonesian cases compared / Nadia Sonneveld
  • Female judges at Idonesian religious courtrooms : opportunities and challenges to gender equality / Euis Nurlaelawati an Arskal Salim
  • Seeking Portia and the Duke : male and female judges dispensing justice in paternity cases in Morocco / Nadia Sonneveld
  • Female judges in Malaysian Sharia courts : a problem of gender or legal interpretation? / Najibah Mohd Zin
  • Tunisian female judges and 'The mobilization of the emancipative potential of the Tunisian family law' / Maaike Voorhoeve
  • Lady judges of Pakistan : embodying the cangig living tradition of Islam / Rubya Mehdi
  • The politics of exclusion : women public prosecutors and criminal court judges in Syria (1975-2009) / Monique C. Cardinal
  • The best of times, the worst of times : State-Salaried female legal professionals and foreign policy in post-Qadhafi Libya / Jessica Carlisle
  • Women judges in Egypt : discourse and practice / Monika Lindbekk.

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