Debating the Law, Creating Gender : Sharia and Lawmaking in Palestine, 2012-2018 /

In Palestine, family law is a controversial topic publicly debated by representatives of the state, Sharia establishment, and civil society. Yet to date no such law exists. This book endeavors to determine why by focusing on the conceptualization of gender and analyzing "law in the making"...

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Main Author: Schneider, Irene (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2021.

Series: Women and Gender: The Middle East and the Islamic World ; 18.

Subjects:

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women > (1979 December 18)

Women > Legal status, laws, etc > Palestine.

Conflict of laws (Islamic law)

Conflict of laws > Divorce > Gaza Strip > Gaza.