Format:
1 Online-Ressource (312 pages)
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
London Bloomsbury Publishing 2019 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Edition:
Also issued in print
ISBN:
9781350986350
Content:
"The current Syrian crisis has its roots in the sectarian nature of the country's multi-religious society. Since Ottoman times, the different religious communities have enjoyed the right to regulate and administer their own family relations. Matters of personal status including marriage, divorce, child custody and inheritance continue to be managed by a variety of religious laws and courts operating simultaneously within the legal system of the state. However, this complex system of competing jurisdictions has also affected inter-communal relations and has been used to deepen communal divides. Esther van Eijk discusses socio-legal practices in Syria by focusing on three courts: a shar'iyya, a Catholic court and a Greek-Orthodox court. While the plurality of Syrian family law is clear, she shows how - irrespective of religious affiliation - it is nevertheless characterised by the prevalence of shared cultural or patriarchal views and norms on marital relations, family and gender. Based on extensive fieldwork, Family Law in Syria offers a detailed analysis of a country that has in recent years been inaccessible to researchers.The book is a vital contribution to the growing literature on personal status laws in the Middle East and sheds light on the historical, socio-political and religious complexities and fault-lines that mark contemporary Syria."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Content:
Foreword -- Introduction -- Part One The Plural Legal Landscape: Family Laws in Syria -- Chapter 1 Law, Politics, and Religion in Syria: Past and Present -- Chapter 2 Mapping the Plurality of Jurisdictions: The Laws of Personal Status -- Chapter 3 -- Debating and Changing Family Law -- Part Two -- Unity in Multiplicity: Muslim and Christian Laws and Legal Practices -- Chapter 4 Patriarchy, Religion, and Legal Rules -- Chapter 5 The Versatility of Personal Status Law: Legal Practices in a Shar?iyya Court -- Chapter 6 The Catholic court: Guardian of Order and Sacraments -- Chapter 7 Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Also issued in print.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781784533342
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781786720191
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781786730190
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781350986350
