Women judges in the Muslim world :  a comparative study of discourse and practice / 
edited by Nadia Sonneveld and Monika Lindbekk. 
 - Leiden :  Brill,  [2017]  ©2017 
 - 1 online resource (xxii, 324 pages) :  illustrations 
 - Women and gender: the Middle East and the Islamic world ;  volume 15 .
 - Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world ;  v. 15. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Foreword : making the case for women judges in the Muslin World / Valentine M. Moghadom -- Introduction : a historical overview of gender and judicial authority in the Muslin World / Nadia Soneveld and Monika Lindbekk -- Do female judges judge differently? Empirical realities of a theoretical debate / Ulrike Schultz -- Women's access to legal education and their appointment to the judiciary : the Dutch, Egyptian, and Indonesian cases compared / Nadia Sonneveld -- Female judges at Idonesian religious courtrooms : opportunities and challenges to gender equality / Euis Nurlaelawati an Arskal Salim -- Seeking Portia and the Duke : male and female judges dispensing justice in paternity cases in Morocco / Nadia Sonneveld -- Female judges in Malaysian Sharia courts : a problem of gender or legal interpretation? / Najibah Mohd Zin -- Tunisian female judges and 'The mobilization of the emancipative potential of the Tunisian family law' / Maaike Voorhoeve -- Lady judges of Pakistan : embodying the cangig living tradition of Islam / Rubya Mehdi -- The politics of exclusion : women public prosecutors and criminal court judges in Syria (1975-2009) / Monique C. Cardinal -- The best of times, the worst of times : State-Salaried female legal professionals and foreign policy in post-Qadhafi Libya / Jessica Carlisle -- Women judges in Egypt : discourse and practice / Monika Lindbekk. 
<br/><br/> Women Judges in the Muslim World: A Comparative Study of Discourse and Practice' fills a gap in academic scholarship by examining public debates and judicial practices surrounding the performance of women as judges in eight Muslim-majority countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Morocco). Gender, class, and ethnic biases are inscribed in laws, particularly in the domain of shari'a-derived family law. Editors Nadia Sonneveld and Monika Lindbekk have carefully woven together the extensive fieldwork and expertise of each author. The result is a rich tapestry that brings out the various effects of women judges in the management of justice. In contrast to early scholarship, they convincingly prove that?the woman judge? does not exist --Back cover. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789004342200 9004342206 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women judges (Islamic law)<br/>Women judges--Islamic countries.<br/>Femmes juges (Droit islamique)<br/>Femmes juges--Pays musulmans.<br/>LAW--Essays.<br/>LAW--General Practice.<br/>LAW--Jurisprudence.<br/>LAW--Paralegals & Paralegalism.<br/>LAW--Practical Guides.<br/>LAW--Reference.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies<br/>Women judges.<br/>Women judges (Islamic law)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Islamic countries.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KBP1611  / .W66 2017