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Family, Gender, and Law in a Globalizing Middle East and South Asia.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Gender and Globalization SeriesPublisher: Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (329 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780815651482
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Family, Gender, and Law in a Globalizing Middle East and South AsiaDDC classification:
  • 346.5401/5
LOC classification:
  • KMC156 -- .F36 2009eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part One: Colonial Modernity and Family Law Codes -- 1. Disobedient Wives and Neglectful Husbands -- 2. Patriarchy, Sexuality, and Property -- Part Two: Religion, Custom, the State, and Patriarchy -- 3. The Monotheisms, Patriarchy, and the Constitutional Right to Human Dignity in Israel -- 4. Legal Pluralism Versus a Uniform Civil Code -- 5. Institutions and Women's Rights -- Part Three: Family Law Codes Contested and (Re)constructed -- 6. Struggles over Personal Status and Family Law in Post-Baathist Iraq -- 7. Family, Gender, and Law in Jordan and Palestine -- 8. Revisiting the Debate on Family Law in Morocco -- 9. Straddling CEDAW and the MMA -- Part Four: Women's Roles and Family Relationships Renegotiated and Redefined -- 10. Gender and Law(s) -- 11. Shifting Practices and Identities -- 12. Afghan Refugee Women in Iran -- Works Cited -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part One: Colonial Modernity and Family Law Codes -- 1. Disobedient Wives and Neglectful Husbands -- 2. Patriarchy, Sexuality, and Property -- Part Two: Religion, Custom, the State, and Patriarchy -- 3. The Monotheisms, Patriarchy, and the Constitutional Right to Human Dignity in Israel -- 4. Legal Pluralism Versus a Uniform Civil Code -- 5. Institutions and Women's Rights -- Part Three: Family Law Codes Contested and (Re)constructed -- 6. Struggles over Personal Status and Family Law in Post-Baathist Iraq -- 7. Family, Gender, and Law in Jordan and Palestine -- 8. Revisiting the Debate on Family Law in Morocco -- 9. Straddling CEDAW and the MMA -- Part Four: Women's Roles and Family Relationships Renegotiated and Redefined -- 10. Gender and Law(s) -- 11. Shifting Practices and Identities -- 12. Afghan Refugee Women in Iran -- Works Cited -- Index.

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