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Competing fundamentalisms and Egyptian women's family rights : international law and the reform of Shari'a-derived legislation / by Jasmine Moussa

By: Series: Brill's Arab and Islamic laws series ; v4Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011Description: xx, 300 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789004203099 (hardback : alkaline paper)
  • 9004203095 (hardback : alkaline paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • KRM517.5
Contents:
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.
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Book - Reference M. Kamal Hassan Library M. Kamal Hassan Library IBFIM Collection Special Collection Shelf sibf BPK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Reference Only 11100514807
Law Book Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Library Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Library Law Collection - Monograph Close Access Shelf KRM517.5M933C 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00011082711

Includes bibliographical references (unnumbered page [281]-294) and index.

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.

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