Human rights under state-enforced religious family laws in Israel, Egypt, and India
By: Yüksel Sezgin
Series: Cambridge studies in law and society
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9781107041400
Subjects: Human rights; Domestic relations; Religion and law
Description: "About one-third of the world's population currently lives under pluri-legal systems where governments hold individuals subject to the purview of ethno-religious rather than national norms in respect of family law. How does the state enforcement of these religious family laws impact fundamental rights and liberties? What resistance strategies do people employ in order to overcome the disabilities and limitations these religious laws impose upon their rights? Using archival research, court observations and interviews with individuals from three countries, Yüksel Sezgin shows that governments have often intervened in order to impress a particular image of subjectivity upon a society, while people have constantly challenged the interpretive monopoly of courts and state-sanctioned religious institutions, renegotiated their rights and duties under the law and changed the system from within. He also identifies key lessons and best practices for the integration of universal human rights principles into religious legal systems"--Unedited summary from book cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-292) and index.