Shehada Applied Family Law in Islamic Courts

Shari’a Courts in Gaza
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-58638-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten

Reihe: Islamic Law in Context

Written from an ethnographic perspective, this book investigates the socio-legal aspects of Islamic jurisprudence in Gaza-Palestine. It examines the way judges, lawyers and litigants operate with respect to the law and with each other, particularly given their different positions in the power structure within the court and within society at large. The book aims at elucidating ambivalences in the codified statutes that allow the actors to find practical solutions to their (often) legally unresolved problems and to manipulate the law. The book demonstrates that present-day judges are not only confronted with novel questions they have to find an answer to, but, perhaps more importantly, they are confronted with contradictions between the letter of codified law and their own notions of justice. The author reminds us that these notions of justice should not be set a priori; they are socially constructed in particular time and space.

Making a substantial contribution to a number of theoretical debates on family law and gender, the book will appeal to both academic and non-academic readers alike.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shehada, Nahda

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Familienrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Rechtswissenschaften Allgemeines Verfahrens-, Zivilprozess- und Insolvenzrecht Allgemeines Prozessrecht, Kostenrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Islamic Jurisprudence Now, and Then

Chapter 3: The Gaza Shari‘a Courts: an Overview

Chapter 4: The Daily Practice of Judges: Perception vs Reality

Chapter 5: The Sociology of Nafaqa (Maintenance)

Chapter 6: Obedience, Rebelliousness and Agency

Chapter 7: The Articulation of Gendered Parenthood: Care vs Guardianship

Chapter 8: Civil Society, Women’s Movement and Family Law Reform

Chapter 9: Change, a Step at a Time

Chapter 10: Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Nahda Shehada is Senior Lecturer in Gender, Culture and Development at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS)/ Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Her major area of interest is anthropology of Islamic Law, particularly in the MENA region. She has published widely in books and leading international academic journals focussing on Islamic law.