Women and Shari'a law the impact of legal pluralism in the UK /
"Should shari'a law be introduced into the British legal system? Elham Manea explores this question as a human rights activist and Arab scholar who identifies herself as Muslim. In response to recent media controversy and public debate about legal pluralism and multiculturalism, Manea argu...
| Main Author: | Māniʻ, Ilhām, |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
I.B. Tauris,
2016.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (x, 301 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Author Bio; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Debate; 1. A Critical Review of the Essentialist Paradigm; 2. Islamic Law in the West: The Case of Britain; 3. Legal Pluralism in Practice; 4. Islamic Law and Human Rights Between Theory and Reality: Britain as a Showcase; 5. Islamism and Islamic Law in the West: Stating the Obvious? Britain as an Example; 6. Contextualising the Debate in Women's Reality: Shari{u02BD}a Law Contested; Conclusion: Time for a Paradigm Shift; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover.