Applied family law in Islamic courts : Shari'a courts in Gaza / by Nahda Shehada.
2018
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Title
Applied family law in Islamic courts : Shari'a courts in Gaza / by Nahda Shehada.
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Edition
First edition.
Imprint
Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, 2018.
Description
1 online resource (208 pages) : 5 illustrations.
Series
Islamic law in context.
Formatted Contents Note
chapter 1 Introduction / Nahda Shehada
chapter 2 Islamic jurisprudence now and in the past / Nahda Shehada
chapter 3 The Gaza Shari'a courts
An overview / Nahda Shehada
chapter 4 The daily practice of judges
Perception vs reality / Nahda Shehada
chapter 5 The sociology of Nafaqa (maintenance) / Nahda Shehada
chapter 6 Obedience, rebelliousness and agency / Nahda Shehada
chapter 7 The articulation of gendered parenthood
Care vs guardianship / Nahda Shehada
chapter 8 Civil society, women's movement and family law reform / Nahda Shehada
chapter 9 Change, a step at a time / Nahda Shehada
chapter 10 Epilogue / Nahda Shehada.
chapter 2 Islamic jurisprudence now and in the past / Nahda Shehada
chapter 3 The Gaza Shari'a courts
An overview / Nahda Shehada
chapter 4 The daily practice of judges
Perception vs reality / Nahda Shehada
chapter 5 The sociology of Nafaqa (maintenance) / Nahda Shehada
chapter 6 Obedience, rebelliousness and agency / Nahda Shehada
chapter 7 The articulation of gendered parenthood
Care vs guardianship / Nahda Shehada
chapter 8 Civil society, women's movement and family law reform / Nahda Shehada
chapter 9 Change, a step at a time / Nahda Shehada
chapter 10 Epilogue / Nahda Shehada.
Summary
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.
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Taylor & Francis Online
Language
English
ISBN
9781315100531 (e-book : PDF)
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