| Reforming Family Law: Social and Political Change in Jordan and Morocco Contributor(s): Engelcke, Dörthe (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108721753 ISBN-13: 9781108721752 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - General - Law | Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice |
| Dewey: 346.569 |
| LCCN: 2018041847 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 9" (0.85 lbs) 285 pages |
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| Publisher Description: As the only area of law that is still commonly termed 'Islamic law', family law is one of the most sensitive and controversial legal areas in all Muslim-majority countries. Morocco and Jordan both issued new family codes in the 2000s, but there are a number of differences in the ways these two states engaged in reform. These include how the reform was carried out, the content of the new family codes, and the way the new laws are applied. Based on extensive fieldwork and rich in sources, this book examines why these two ostensibly similar semi-authoritarian regimes varied so significantly in their engagement with family law. D rthe Engelcke demonstrates that the structure of the legal systems, shaped by colonial policies, had an effect on how reform processes were carried out as well as the content and the application of family law. |
Contributor Bio(s): Engelcke, Dorthe: - Dörthe Engelcke is a senior research fellow at the Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, Germany. She received her Ph.D. from St Antony's College, University of Oxford, in 2015 and was the co-winner of the 2016 BRISMES Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize for the best Ph.D. dissertation on a Middle Eastern topic awarded by a British University. Engelcke has held fellowships at the Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School and the Lichtenberg-Kolleg, the Göttingen Institute of Advanced Study. |