Human Rights Under State-Enforced Religious Family Laws in Israel, Egypt and India

by Yüksel Sezgin

Book Overview

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 to 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107636493
• ISBN13: 9781107636491
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"