Women judges in the Muslim world : a comparative study of discourse and practice /

Women judges in the Muslim world : a comparative study of discourse and practice /

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...

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Other Authors: Sonneveld, Nadia., Lindbekk, Monika.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden : Brill. c2017.

Series: Women and Gender: The Middle East and the Islamic World 15.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2017, ISBN: 9789004325999.

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Women judges (Islamic law)
Women judges > Islamic countries.
Women judges.
Islamic countries.

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Call Number: KBP1611 .W66 2017

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction: A Historical Overview of Gender and Judicial Authority in the Muslim World /
  • Nadia Sonneveld 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 Indonesian Religious Courtrooms: Opportunities and Challenges to Gender Equality /
  • Euis Nurlaelawati and Arskal Salim
  • Seeking Portia and the Duke: Male and Female Judges Dispensing Justice in Paternity Cases in Morocco /
  • Nadia Sonneveld
  • Female Judges in Malaysian Shariʿa 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 Changing 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
  • Index.