Women and Shari'a Law: The Impact of Legal Pluralism in the UK

by Elham Manea

In response to recent media controversy and public debate about legal pluralism and multiculturalism, Manea argues against what she identifies as the growing tendency for people to be treated as 'homogenous groups' in Western academic discourse, rather than as individuals with authentic voices. Building on her knowledge of the situation for women in Middle Eastern and Islamic countries, she undertakes first-hand analysis of the Islamic shari'a councils...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784537357
• ISBN13: 9781784537357
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"