Embedding Mahr (Islamic Dower) in the European legal system / Rubya Mehdi and Jørgen S. Nielsen (eds.).
2011
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Title
Embedding Mahr (Islamic Dower) in the European legal system / Rubya Mehdi and Jørgen S. Nielsen (eds.).
Published
Copenhagen, Denmark : DJØF Pub., 2011.
Distributed
Portland, OR : Sold and distributed in North America by International Specialized Book Services (ISBS)
Call Number
KJC1127 .E43 2011
Edition
First edition.
Spine Title
Embedding Mahr in the European legal system
ISBN
9788757424768 (pbk.)
8757424764 (pbk.)
8757424764 (pbk.)
Description
299 pages ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)696098981
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
7
Biographical Notes
9
Introduction / Jørgen S. Nielsen
13
pt. I
Contexts Trans-National and Historical
19
ch. 1
Mahr Meanings - Dower Dealings: Reflections from Palestine / Annelies Moors
21
ch. 2
Expensive Marriage or Women's Security: Mahr Debates from Aden, South Yemen / Susanne Dahlgren
35
ch. 3
Morning Gifts in the Legal History of Europe and Denmark / Inger Dubeck
53
pt. II
Contexts Comparative
75
ch. 4
Mahr and Gender Equality in Private International Law: The Adjudication of Mahr in England, France, Norway and Sweden / Lene Løvdal
77
ch. 5
The Struggle of Embedding the Islamic Mahr in a Western Legal System / Susan Rutten
113
ch. 6
Mahr (dower) as a Bargaining Tool in a European Context: a Comparison of Dutch and Norwegian Judicial Decisions / Katja Jansen Fredriksen
147
pt. III
Single Country Case Studies
191
ch. 7
The Islamic Mahr in German Courts: Characterization in Private International Law and Accommodation in German National Family Law / Nadjma Yassari
193
ch. 8
Mahr in Danish Law / Camilla Christensen
219
ch. 9
Facing the Unknown/Defacing the Known - Mahr in Swedish Courts / Matilda Arvidsson
233
ch. 10
Muslim Marriage and Mahr: The Experience of British Muslim Women / Samia Bano
263
Index
289