Bibliograph

Family, religion and law, cultural encounters in Europe, edited by Prakash Shah, with Marie-Claire Foblets, and Mathias Rohe

Type

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Family, religion and law, cultural encounters in Europe, edited by Prakash Shah, with Marie-Claire Foblets, and Mathias Rohe

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Family, religion and law

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

862066489

Responsibility statement

edited by Prakash Shah, with Marie-Claire Foblets, and Mathias Rohe

Series statement

Cultural diversity and law in association with RELIGARE

Sub title

cultural encounters in Europe

Summary

This collection discusses how official legal systems do and should respond to the reality of a plurality of family types and origins within their jurisdictions. It further examines the challenges that arise for practitioners, including lawyers and judges, when faced with such plurality. Focussing on empirical research, the volume presents legal and sociological data of unprecedented comparative depth. It also includes a discussion of how members of minority families respond to the need to organise their legal relationships, and to resolve their disputes in the shadow of official legal systems which differ from those of their familial and communal traditions. The work invites reflection, and demonstrates the urgency and complexity of the questions regarding the search for justice in the field of family life in Europe today.--, Provided by Publisher

Table Of Contents

Distorting minority laws, religious diversity and European legal systems / Prakash Shah -- Plurality-conscious re-balancing of family law regulation in Europe / Werner Menski -- Family and the law in Europe: bringing together secular legal orders and religious norms and needs / Mathias Rohe -- On the cooperation between religious and state institutions in family matters: Nordic experiences -- Maarit Jantera-Jareborg -- The uniformisation of family law in Europe and the place of ethnic minorities / Domenico Francavilla -- Defending the family treasure-chest: navigating Muslim families and secured positivistic islands of European legal systems / Federica Sona -- Cross-border family cases and religious diversity: what can judges do? / Maarit Jantera-Jareborg -- Secrets and lies: when ethnic minority youth have a nikah / Anika Liversage -- "Without our church we will disappear": Syrian Orthodox Christians in Diaspora and the family law of the church / Annika Rabo -- Religious divorce in England and Wales: religious tribunals in action / Gillian Douglas, Russell Sandberg, Norman Doe, Sophie Gilliat-Ray and Asma Khan -- Kurdish "unofficial" family law in the gurbet / Latif Tas

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