Rethinking Muslim Personal Law: Issues, Debates and Reforms

ISBN-13: 9780367721121 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 172 str.

Hilal Ahmed; R. K. Mishra; K. N. Jehangir

Opis

This volume critically analyses Muslim Personal Law (MPL) in India and offers an alternative perspective to look at MPL and the Uniform Civil Code debate. Tracing the historical origins of this legal mechanism and its subsequent political manifestations, it highlights the complex nature of MPL as a sociological phenomenon.

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Introduction Part 1. History and Law  1. Of Statutes and Scriptures: Diversity, Democracy, Personal Laws and Courts  2. Muslim Personal Laws from a Cross-national and Comparative Law Perspective  3. Decoding Uniform Civil Code (UCC): A Sociological Analysis  4. Muslim Personal Law Reform and Human Rights  Part II. Politics and Law 5. Muslim Personal Law and Triple Talaq: Claims, Counter-claims and the Media Discourse  6. Triple Talaq Bill and Reforming the Muslim Personal Law in India  7. Politics of Shariat in Postcolonial India Part III. Gender and Law  8. Challenging the Hegemonic Discourse: All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board and Gender Justice  9. Gender Equality Should Guide the Process of Reforming Family Laws and Not National Integration