Family, religion and law : cultural encounters in Europe
by Prakash Shah, Marie-Claire Foblets and Mathias Rohe.
- London : Routledge, 2016.
- 241 p.
- (Cultural diversity and law in association with RELIGARE ) .
Table of Contents : Chapter 1. Distorting minority laws, religious diversity and European legal systems Chapter 2. Plurality-conscious re-balancing of family law regulation in Europe Chapter 3. Family and the law in Europe: bringing together secular legal orders and religious norms and needs Chapter 4. On the cooperation between religious and state institutions in family matters: Nordic experiences Chapter 5. The uniformisation of family law in Europe and the place of ethnic minorities Chapter 6. Defending the family treasure-chest: navigating Muslim families and secured positivistic islands of European legal systems Chapter 7. Cross-border family cases and religious diversity: what can judges do? Chapter 8. Secrets and lies: when ethnic minority youth have a nikah Chapter 9. "Without our church we will disappear": Syrian Orthodox Christians in Diaspora and the family law of the church Chapter 10. Religious divorce in England and Wales: religious tribunals in action / Gillian Douglas, Russell Sandberg, Norman Doe, Sophie Gilliat-Ray and Asma Khan Chapter 11. Kurdish "unofficial" family law in the gurbet