Shah, Prakash (Ed.)

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


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Family Law.
Minorities--Legal status, laws, etc.

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