Rethinking Muslim Personal Law (eBook, PDF)

Issues, Debates and Reforms
Redaktion: Ahmed, Hilal; Jehangir, K. N.; Mishra, R. K.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000573176
• Artikelnr.: 63912177

Autorenporträt

Hilal Ahmed is Associate Professor at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi, India. R. K. Mishra is Senior Professor and ONGC Subir Raha Chair Professor at the Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, India. K. N. Jehangir is Faculty Member (Students' Mentor) at the Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, India.

Inhaltsangabe

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