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Author: Nadjma Yassari
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.449kg
ISBN: 9781138605701
ISBN 10: 1138605700
Pages: 302
Publication Date: 11 May 2018
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Format: Paperback
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`An essential guide for those interested in how family law actually works in the contemporary Islamic world. Relying upon leading scholars and practitioners, Changing God's Law demolishes the trope that Islamic law is determined entirely on the basis of medieval texts. It demonstrates the fundamental role of judges, lawmakers and other contemporary actors in the evolution of Islamic family law, and provides critical detail on the nature of the many multifaceted changes taking place in different parts of the Islamic world.' Haider Ala Hamoudi, University of Pittsburgh, USA `This is an important contribution to the study of recent developments in family laws in the Middle East. Using different approaches to analyse a range of countries, contributors provide valuable insights into the dynamics of legal interpretations, judicial practices and human agency in shaping contemporary family laws.' Ziba Mir-Hosseini, SOAS, University of London, UK `Including both longer-term historical studies and up-to-date contemporary accounts, this volume is an important contribution to the study of family in the Middle East and beyond.' Annelies Moors, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
`An essential guide for those interested in how family law actually works in the contemporary Islamic world. Relying upon leading scholars and practitioners, Changing God's Law demolishes the trope that Islamic law is determined entirely on the basis of medieval texts. It demonstrates the fundamental role of judges, lawmakers and other contemporary actors in the evolution of Islamic family law, and provides critical detail on the nature of the many multifaceted changes taking place in different parts of the Islamic world.' Haider Ala Hamoudi, University of Pittsburgh, USA `This is an important contribution to the study of recent developments in family laws in the Middle East. Using different approaches to analyse a range of countries, contributors provide valuable insights into the dynamics of legal interpretations, judicial practices and human agency in shaping contemporary family laws.' Ziba Mir-Hosseini, SOAS, University of London, UK `Including both longer-term historical studies and up-to-date contemporary accounts, this volume is an important contribution to the study of family in the Middle East and beyond.' Annelies Moors, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Author Information
Nadjma Yassari is a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg where she heads the Department for the Laws of Islamic Countries. In April 2009, Nadjma Yassari established the Max Planck Research Group 'Changes in God’s Law: An Inner Islamic Comparison of Family and Succession Laws', which she has been leading since. Her main fields of research are national and private international law of Islamic countries, in particular the Arab Middle East, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan with a special focus on family and successions law.
