Gender, religion, and family law :  theorizing conflicts between women's rights and cultural traditions / 
edited by Lisa Fishbayn Joffe and Sylvia Neil. 
 - Waltham, Mass. :  Brandeis University Press,  (c)2012. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - Brandeis series on gender, culture, religion, and law .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/> --  Theorizing conflicts between women's rights and religious laws /  Principles or compromises : accommodating gender equality and religious freedom in multicultural societies /  Privatizing diversity : a cautionary tale from religious arbitration in family law /  Marriage pluralism, family law jurisdiction, and sex equality in the United States /  From religious "right" to civil "wrong" : using Israeli tort law to unravel the knots of gender, equality, and Jewish divorce /  Flirting with God in Western secular courts : mahr in the west /  Muslim family law in South Africa : conflating the right to religion with the privileging of religion? /  Recognition of polygamous marriages in the new South Africa /  Women, resources, and changing the religious system : a case study of the orthodox Jewish wedding ritual /  The yoetzet halakhah : avoiding conflict while instituting change /  The temple of women initiates project : a framework for culturally meaningful feminist expression in rural areas /  Lisa Fishbayn Joffe --  Martha Minow --  Ayelet Shachar --  Linda C. McClain --  Susan Weiss --  Pascale Fournier --  Rashida Manjoo --  Likhapha Mbatha,  Lisa Fishbayn Joffe --  Irit Koren --  Michal Roness --  Fatou Kinø Camara. 
<br/><br/> "In many regions of the world, rights guaranteed under the civil law, including rights to gender equality within marriage and rights in the distribution of family property and child custody upon divorce, are in conflict with the principles of religious law. Women's rights issues are often at the heart of these tensions, which present pressing challenges for theorists, lawyers, and policymakers. This anthology brings together leading scholars and activists doing innovative work in Jewish law, Muslim law, Christian law, and African customary law. Using examples drawn from a variety of nations and religions, they interrogate the utility of recent theoretical models for engaging with gender and multicultural conflicts, explore contextual differences, and analyze and celebrate stories of successful initiatives that have transformed legal and cultural norms to improve women's lives" -- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781611683271 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Domestic relations.<br/>Legal polycentricity.<br/>Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.<br/>Muslims--Legal status, laws, etc.<br/>Customary law.<br/>Domestic relations--South Africa.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>K670  / .G463 2012