| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 324 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Women and gender: the Middle East and the Islamic world ; volume 15 |
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Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world ; v. 15.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword : making the case for women judges in the Muslin World / Valentine M. Moghadom -- Introduction : a historical overview of gender and judicial authority in the Muslin World / Nadia Soneveld and Monika Lindbekk -- Do female judges judge differently? Empirical realities of a theoretical debate / Ulrike Schultz -- Women's access to legal education and their appointment to the judiciary : the Dutch, Egyptian, and Indonesian cases compared / Nadia Sonneveld -- Female judges at Idonesian religious courtrooms : opportunities and challenges to gender equality / Euis Nurlaelawati an Arskal Salim -- Seeking Portia and the Duke : male and female judges dispensing justice in paternity cases in Morocco / Nadia Sonneveld -- Female judges in Malaysian Sharia courts : a problem of gender or legal interpretation? / Najibah Mohd Zin -- Tunisian female judges and 'The mobilization of the emancipative potential of the Tunisian family law' / Maaike Voorhoeve -- Lady judges of Pakistan : embodying the cangig living tradition of Islam / Rubya Mehdi -- The politics of exclusion : women public prosecutors and criminal court judges in Syria (1975-2009) / Monique C. Cardinal -- The best of times, the worst of times : State-Salaried female legal professionals and foreign policy in post-Qadhafi Libya / Jessica Carlisle -- Women judges in Egypt : discourse and practice / Monika Lindbekk. |
| Summary |
Women Judges in the Muslim World: A Comparative Study of Discourse and Practice' fills a gap in academic scholarship by examining public debates and judicial practices surrounding the performance of women as judges in eight Muslim-majority countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Morocco). Gender, class, and ethnic biases are inscribed in laws, particularly in the domain of shari'a-derived family law. Editors Nadia Sonneveld and Monika Lindbekk have carefully woven together the extensive fieldwork and expertise of each author. The result is a rich tapestry that brings out the various effects of women judges in the management of justice. In contrast to early scholarship, they convincingly prove that?the woman judge? does not exist --Back cover. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Local Note |
Brill eBooks, open access |
| Subject |
Women judges (Islamic law)
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Women judges -- Islamic countries.
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LAW -- Essays.
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LAW -- General Practice.
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LAW -- Jurisprudence.
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LAW -- Paralegals & Paralegalism.
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LAW -- Practical Guides.
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LAW -- Reference.
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Women judges. (OCoLC)fst01178081
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Women judges (Islamic law) (OCoLC)fst01201497
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Islamic countries. (OCoLC)fst01244130
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| Added Author |
Sonneveld, Nadia, editor.
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Lindbekk, Monika, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Women judges in the Muslim world. Leiden : Brill, [2017] 9789004306912 (DLC) 2016590081 (OCoLC)966257608 |
| ISBN |
9789004342200 (electronic book) |
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9004342206 (electronic book) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/9789004342200 |
| ISBN |
9789004306912 |
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9004306919 |
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