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Women judges in the Muslim world : a comparative study of discourse and practice / edited by Nadia Sonneveld and Monika Lindbekk.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world ; v. 15.Publisher: Leiden : Brill, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 324 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004342200
  • 9004342206
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Women judges in the Muslim world.LOC classification:
  • KBP1611 .W66 2017
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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.

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