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Islamic Law in Europe?: Legal Pluralism and its Limits in European Family Laws
Contributor(s): Büchler, Andrea (Author)
ISBN: 1409428494     ISBN-13: 9781409428497
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $180.50  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: September 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Law | Family Law - General
- Law | Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
Dewey: 346.401
LCCN: 2011017889
Series: Cultural Diversity and Law
Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.92 lbs) 168 pages
 
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Cultural and religious identity and family law are inter-related in a number of ways and raise various complex issues. European legal systems have taken various approaches to meeting these challenges. This book examines this complexity and indicates areas in which conflicts may arise by analysing examples from legislation and court decisions in Germany, Switzerland, France, England and Spain. It includes questions of private international law, comments on the various degrees of consideration accorded to cultural identity within substantive family law, and remarks on models of legal pluralism and the dangers that go along with them. It concludes with an evaluation of approaches which are process-based rather than institution-based. The book will be of interest to legal professionals, family law students and scholars concerned with legal pluralism.