Muslim marriage in Western courts
Subtitle: lost in transplantation
By: by Pascale Fournier
Series: Cultural diversity and law
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781409404415; 9781409404422
Subjects: Muslims; Dowry (Islamic law); Divorce; Conflict of laws; Divorce settlements; Divorce (Islamic law); Legal status, laws
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-196) and index.
Table of contents: title: The roots of Mahr and the hybrid transplant : introducing Mahr as an Islamic legal conception and a fragmented legal concept; title: When Mahr travels : adjudicating Mahr in Canada, the United States, France, and Germany; title: Nourishing the transplanted law : fertile soil or rocky ground?; title: Contradictions in the reception of Mahr as ideology and subjectivity; title: Samir and Leila revisited : the adjudication and reception of Mahr and its subjective significance for Muslim women; title: Deep roots and tall branches : conclusions on the reception of Mahr by Western courts.