Katherine Lemons
Biographic Data
| ID | 3693036 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katherine Lemons |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katherine |
| FAMILY NAME | Lemons |
| SIGNATURE | LEMONS K |
| AFFILIATIONS | McGill University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
In/Capacitation and the Intensification of Law
Drawing on research carried out at an Islamic institution in India, this article argues that the symbolic and practical place of law has intensified in recent decades. Legal discourses and practices have become key sites of in/capacitation in this context. The article argues that law is both disciplinary and productive, in Foucault’s sense, and that for Muslim leaders it is one important mechanism for uniting Muslims, bringing them together under…
Everyday Islamic Law and the Making of Modern South Asia, written by Elizabeth Lhost
A Political Theology of Law
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Nous verrons
De décembre 2019 à mars 2020, l'Inde a été agitée par des manifestations contre deux mesures législatives, soit l'Amendement à la Loi sur la citoyenneté (MLC) et le Registre national des citoyens (RNC), qui discriminaient les musulmans. Les manifestations ont été historiques, même dans un pays de forte culture protestataire. Elles ont été marquées par une solidarité interreligieuse, intergénérationnelle et intercommunautaire et ont été largement …
Présentation
Forgiveness as a technology of the state
Previous articleNext article FreeBook SymposiumForgiveness as a technology of the state Osanloo, Arzoo. 2020. Forgiveness work: Mercy, law, and victims’ rights in Iran. Princeton: Princeton University Press.Katherine LemonsKatherine LemonsMcGill University Search for more articles by this author Full TextPDF Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmailQR Code SectionsMoreArzoo Osa…
The narrowness of Muslim personal law
Postcolonial Indian politics have been punctuated by major debates about Muslim personal law: the law and case precedent that applies to Muslims in matters of marriage, divorce, adoption, succession, and inheritance. These debates ask whether gender equality for members of all religious communities can be achieved in a religiously differentiated legal system. While some argue that a uniform civil code would be the critical mechanism to protect wo…
Sharia Courts and Muslim Personal Law in India
In July 2005, a Delhi lawyer filed suit with the Supreme Court of India seeking to ban "sharia courts" (dar ul qazas) and Islamic legal opinions, arguing that they constitute a "parallel judicial system" that undermines the state's legal institutions. The Supreme Court decided in 2014 that dar ul qazas are not parallel but appropriate alternative forums. In this article, I analyze several divorce cases in Delhi and Patna dar ul qazas to show that…
Paying for Kinship
Research Article| October 01 2017 Paying for Kinship: Muslim Divorce and the Privatization of Insecurity Katherine Lemons Katherine Lemons Katherine Lemons is assistant professor of anthropology at McGill University, where she is also affiliated with the Institute for Islamic Studies. Her research focuses on law, kinship, and gender in contemporary India. Her first book is a study of the role of Islamic divorce in the making of Indian secularism.…
The Politics of Livability
This article provides an analysis of dispute adjudication in a women's arbitration center, or mahila panchayat, in New Delhi, India. In analyzing two exemplary cases from my fieldwork, I argue that mahila panchayat adjudication tends to tutor kinwork as a means of producing livable lives within a context of material and ideological constraint. Successfully adjudicated cases culminate in contracts that explicitly enumerate the demands of marriage …
Rule of law
In spring of 2011, Peter King (R-NY) convened a hearing titled ‘The Extent of Radicalization among American Muslims’ in the US House of Representatives. Democratic participants critiqued the hearings and contextualized the proceedings within the long history of institutionalized racism in the USA. They argued that the hearings were a threat to the Constitution itself, a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause and the First…
The Politics of Livability
This article provides an analysis of dispute adjudication in a women's arbitration center, or mahila panchayat, in New Delhi, India. In analyzing two exemplary cases from my fieldwork, I argue that mahila panchayat adjudication tends to tutor kinwork as a means of producing livable lives within a context of material and ideological constraint. Successfully adjudicated cases culminate in contracts that explicitly enumerate the demands of marriage …
Sharia Courts and Muslim Personal Law in India
In July 2005, a Delhi lawyer filed suit with the Supreme Court of India seeking to ban "sharia courts" (dar ul qazas) and Islamic legal opinions, arguing that they constitute a "parallel judicial system" that undermines the state's legal institutions. The Supreme Court decided in 2014 that dar ul qazas are not parallel but appropriate alternative forums. In this article, I analyze several divorce cases in Delhi and Patna dar ul qazas to show that…
The narrowness of Muslim personal law
Postcolonial Indian politics have been punctuated by major debates about Muslim personal law: the law and case precedent that applies to Muslims in matters of marriage, divorce, adoption, succession, and inheritance. These debates ask whether gender equality for members of all religious communities can be achieved in a religiously differentiated legal system. While some argue that a uniform civil code would be the critical mechanism to protect wo…
Paying for Kinship
Research Article| October 01 2017 Paying for Kinship: Muslim Divorce and the Privatization of Insecurity Katherine Lemons Katherine Lemons Katherine Lemons is assistant professor of anthropology at McGill University, where she is also affiliated with the Institute for Islamic Studies. Her research focuses on law, kinship, and gender in contemporary India. Her first book is a study of the role of Islamic divorce in the making of Indian secularism.…
Rule of law
In spring of 2011, Peter King (R-NY) convened a hearing titled ‘The Extent of Radicalization among American Muslims’ in the US House of Representatives. Democratic participants critiqued the hearings and contextualized the proceedings within the long history of institutionalized racism in the USA. They argued that the hearings were a threat to the Constitution itself, a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause and the First…
The Politics of Livability
This article provides an analysis of dispute adjudication in a women's arbitration center, or mahila panchayat, in New Delhi, India. In analyzing two exemplary cases from my fieldwork, I argue that mahila panchayat adjudication tends to tutor kinwork as a means of producing livable lives within a context of material and ideological constraint. Successfully adjudicated cases culminate in contracts that explicitly enumerate the demands of marriage …
Paying for Kinship
Research Article| October 01 2017 Paying for Kinship: Muslim Divorce and the Privatization of Insecurity Katherine Lemons Katherine Lemons Katherine Lemons is assistant professor of anthropology at McGill University, where she is also affiliated with the Institute for Islamic Studies. Her research focuses on law, kinship, and gender in contemporary India. Her first book is a study of the role of Islamic divorce in the making of Indian secularism.…
Sharia Courts and Muslim Personal Law in India
In July 2005, a Delhi lawyer filed suit with the Supreme Court of India seeking to ban "sharia courts" (dar ul qazas) and Islamic legal opinions, arguing that they constitute a "parallel judicial system" that undermines the state's legal institutions. The Supreme Court decided in 2014 that dar ul qazas are not parallel but appropriate alternative forums. In this article, I analyze several divorce cases in Delhi and Patna dar ul qazas to show that…
The narrowness of Muslim personal law
Postcolonial Indian politics have been punctuated by major debates about Muslim personal law: the law and case precedent that applies to Muslims in matters of marriage, divorce, adoption, succession, and inheritance. These debates ask whether gender equality for members of all religious communities can be achieved in a religiously differentiated legal system. While some argue that a uniform civil code would be the critical mechanism to protect wo…
Présentation
Forgiveness as a technology of the state
Previous articleNext article FreeBook SymposiumForgiveness as a technology of the state Osanloo, Arzoo. 2020. Forgiveness work: Mercy, law, and victims’ rights in Iran. Princeton: Princeton University Press.Katherine LemonsKatherine LemonsMcGill University Search for more articles by this author Full TextPDF Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmailQR Code SectionsMoreArzoo Osa…
Nous verrons
De décembre 2019 à mars 2020, l'Inde a été agitée par des manifestations contre deux mesures législatives, soit l'Amendement à la Loi sur la citoyenneté (MLC) et le Registre national des citoyens (RNC), qui discriminaient les musulmans. Les manifestations ont été historiques, même dans un pays de forte culture protestataire. Elles ont été marquées par une solidarité interreligieuse, intergénérationnelle et intercommunautaire et ont été largement …
Everyday Islamic Law and the Making of Modern South Asia, written by Elizabeth Lhost
A Political Theology of Law
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
In/Capacitation and the Intensification of Law
Drawing on research carried out at an Islamic institution in India, this article argues that the symbolic and practical place of law has intensified in recent decades. Legal discourses and practices have become key sites of in/capacitation in this context. The article argues that law is both disciplinary and productive, in Foucault’s sense, and that for Muslim leaders it is one important mechanism for uniting Muslims, bringing them together under…
Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Islam (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Islamic Studies and History (4 works) · Sharia (4 works) · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (3 works) · Legal and cultural studies analysis (3 works)