Moussa, Jasmine, <br/><br/>
Competing fundamentalisms and Egyptian women's family rights :  international law and the reform of Shari'a-derived legislation / 
by Jasmine Moussa 
 - xx, 300 pages ;  25 cm. 
 - Brill's Arab and Islamic laws series ;  v4 .
 - Brill's Arab and Islamic laws series ;  v4 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (unnumbered page [281]-294) and index. 
<br/><br/>The human rights of women in a specific cultural context -- The sources of international women's rights law and international enforcement mechanisms -- The prohibition of gender discrimination under CEDAW and the role of the CEDAW committee -- Shari'a-based reservations : the law and politics of invalidity -- Shari'a law and the development of Egypt's personal status legislation -- Gender (in)equality and the Shari'a in Egypt's constitution : the role of the Supreme Constitutional Court's jurisprudence -- Marriage, divorce, and inheritance : unequal power structures and women's equality rights -- The positive prospects for personal status law reform : two steps forward -- Domestic enforcement of women's human rights. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789004203099 (hardback : alkaline paper) 9004203095 (hardback : alkaline paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011011913 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--Egypt<br/>Women (Islamic law)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KRM517.5