Embedding Mahr (Islamic Dower) in the European legal system
By: Rubya Mehdi and Jørgen S. Nielsen (eds.).
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: DJØF Pub.; Sold and distributed in North America by International Specialized Book Services (ISBS)
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Copenhagen, Denmark; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9788757424768
Subjects: Mahr (Islamic law); Muslims; Legal status, laws
Other titles: Embedding Mahr in the European legal system
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mahr meanings - dower dealings: reflections from Palestine / Annelies Moors; title: Expensive marriage or women's security: debates from Aden, South Yemen / Susanne Dahlgren; title: Morning gifts in the legal history of Europe and Denmark / Inger Dübeck; title: Mahr and gender in private international law : the adjudication of Mahr in England, France Norway and Sweden / Lene Lovdal; title: The struggle of embedding the Islamic Mahr in a Western legal system / Susan Rutten; title: Mahr (dower) as a bargaining toll in a European context: a comparison of Dutch and Norwegian judicial decisions / Katja Jansen Fredriksen; title: The Islamic Mahr in German courts: characteristization in private international law and accomodation in German national family law / Nadjma Yassari; title: Mahr in Danish law / Camilla Christensen; title: Facing the unknown/defacing the known - Mahr in Swedish courts / Matilda Arvidsson / Muslim marriage and Mahr : the experience of British Muslim women / Samia Bano.