ABSTRACT
This book focuses on Islamic family law as interpreted and applied by judges in Europe, Australia and North America. It uses court transcriptions and observations to discuss how the most contentious marriage-related issues - consent and age of spouses, dower, polygamy, and divorce - are adjudicated. The solutions proposed by different legal systems are reviewed , and some broader questions are addressed: how Islamic principles are harmonized with norms based on gender equality, how parties bargain strategically in and out of court, and how Muslim diasporas align their Islamic worldview with a Western normative narrative.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 5|26 pages
The recognition of transnational Muslim marriages and divorces by Norwegian courts and other competent authorities
Dynamics between legislation and legal practice
chapter 6|17 pages
Islamic family law in the courts
Spain's position with regard to the Moroccan Family Code